Overview – With Xtreme Locator you can assign geographical territories to your locations. When territories are assigned, proximity searching is disabled since searching by a locations proximity would defeat the purpose of assigning a territory to a location.
Territory Assignment – To assign territories to a location, go to Location Editor and enter the territories in the Territory field. You can assign territories to locations using U.S. FIPS Codes (to assign territories by U.S. Counties), U.S. Zip Codes, A Range of U.S. Zip Codes, U.S. State (2 letter abbreviation), Canadian Postal Codes, the first three characters in a Canadian Postal code, Canadian Province (2 letter abbreviation), Canadian Divisions (Similar to US Counties) or Mexican State (3 letter abbreviation) and Country Name. Abbreviations and FIPS codes can be found later in this article.
Territory Format – In the Territory field, enter the territory prefix (COUNTRY STATE ZIP FIPS) followed by a colon (:) and then the territory assignment (FIPS code, zip code, state abbrev., country name). Multiple territories must be separated by a semi-colon (;).
Examples are provided below.
- To assign territories by country
COUNTRY:Brazil;Venezuela;Colombia - To assign territories by US State
STATE:AL;MS;FL - To assign territories by Canadian Province
STATE:QB;ON;NB - To assign territories by Mexican State
STATE:DUR;COL - To assign territories by U.S. Postal Code
ZIP:43215;43221;43212 - To assign territories by U.S. Postal Code range
ZIP:43201-43232;43535-43736 - To assign territories by FIPS Code (US County)
FIPS:02013;02016;02020 - To assign territories by Canadian Postal code
ZIP:T6E 0E9 - To assign territories by the first three characters of Canadian Postal Code
ZIP:T1H;T6E
You can also combine territory types as follows:
- STATE:FL;NY;ZIP:20202;COUNTRY:JAPAN;FIPS:02013;02016;02020
US States: This is a complete listing of US State abbreviations.
| AK | ALASKA |
| AL | ALABAMA |
| AR | ARKANSAS |
| AZ | ARIZONA |
| CA | CALIFORNIA |
| CO | COLORADO |
| CT | CONNECTICUT |
| DC | DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
| DE | DELAWARE |
| FL | FLORIDA |
| GA | GEORGIA |
| HI | HAWAII |
| IA | IOWA |
| ID | IDAHO |
| IL | ILLINOIS |
| IN | INDIANA |
| KS | KANSAS |
| KY | KENTUCKY |
| LA | LOUISIANA |
| MA | MASSACHUSETTS |
| MD | MARYLAND |
| ME | MAINE |
| MI | MICHIGAN |
| MN | MINNESOTA |
| MO | MISSOURI |
| MS | MISSISSIPPI |
| MT | MONTANA |
| NC | NORTH CAROLINA |
| ND | NORTH DAKOTA |
| NE | NEBRASKA |
| NH | NEW HAMPSHIRE |
| NJ | NEW JERSEY |
| NM | NEW MEXICO |
| NV | NEVADA |
| NY | NEW YORK |
| OH | OHIO |
| OK | OKLAHOMA |
| OR | OREGON |
| PA | PENNSYLVANIA |
| RI | RHODE ISLAND |
| SC | SOUTH CAROLINA |
| SD | SOUTH DAKOTA |
| TN | TENNESSEE |
| TX | TEXAS |
| UT | UTAH |
| VA | VIRGINIA |
| VT | VERMONT |
| WA | WASHINGTON |
| WI | WISCONSIN |
| WV | WEST VIRGINIA |
| WY | WYOMING |
Canadian Provinces: This is a complete listing of Canadian Province abbreviations.
| Canadian Province Abbreviations | |
| AB | Alberta |
| BC | British Columbia |
| MB | Manitoba |
| NB | New Brunswick |
| NL | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| NT | Northwest Territories |
| NS | Nova Scotia |
| NU | Nunavut |
| ON | Ontario |
| PE | Prince Edward Island |
| QC | Quebec |
| SK | Saskatchewan |
| YT | Yukon |
Mexican States: This is a complete listing of Mexican State abbreviations.
| Aguascalientes | AGU |
| Baja California | BCN |
| Baja California Sur | BCS |
| Campeche | CAM |
| Chiapas | CHP |
| Chihuahua | CHH |
| Coahuila | COA |
| Colima | COL |
| Durango | DUR |
| Guanajuato | GUA |
| Guerrero | GRO |
| Hidalgo | HID |
| Jalisco | JAL |
| Mexico State | MEX |
| Michoacán | MIC |
| Morelos | MOR |
| Nayarit | NAY |
| Nuevo León | NLE |
| Oaxaca | OAX |
| Puebla | PUE |
| Querétaro | QUE |
| Quintana Roo | ROO |
| San Luis Potosí | SLP |
| Sinaloa | SIN |
| Sonora | SON |
| Tabasco | TAB |
| Tamaulipas | TAM |
| Tlaxcala | TLA |
| Veracruz | VER |
| Yucatán | YUC |
| Zacatecas | ZAC |
FIPS Codes: We support FIPS county codes used for assigning territories by U.S. counties.
For a complete listing of FIPS codes, click here.
Example: Los Angeles County, California = 06037
So to assign the territory of Los Angeles County, CA, enter FIPS:06037
What are FIPS Codes – FIPS codes are one of the methods supported for assigning territories to locations. FIPS codes are explained below.
Federal information processing standards codes (FIPS codes) are a standardized set of numeric or alphabetic codes issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to ensure uniform identification of geographic entities through all federal government agencies. The entities covered include: states and statistically equivalent entities, counties and statistically equivalent entities, named populated and related location entities (such as, places and county subdivisions), and American Indian and Alaska Native areas.
The U.S. Census Bureau uses the codes in FIPS PUB 55-3 to identify both legal and statistical entities for county subdivisions, places, and American Indian areas/Alaska Native areas/Hawaiian home lands. FIPS PUB 55-3 includes many more entity records than those for which the Census Bureau tabulates data. The FIPS 55 codes are state-based. American Indian reservations, off-reservation trust land areas, American Indian tribal subdivisions, Oklahoma tribal statistical areas (OTSAs), state designated American Indian statistical areas (SDAISAs), and/or tribal designated statistical areas (TDSAs) in more than one state will have multiple FIPS 55 codes; that is, a different FIPS 55 code for each state portion of the single American Indian entity.
For a complete listing of FIPS codes, click here.