Your address is
not our database.

Address search

When autocomplete is available, text typed into the address field is sent to Mapbox to return suggestions. Selecting one sends its Mapbox identifier back to retrieve coordinates. If autocomplete is unavailable or you submit a manually typed address, it is sent to the US Census Geocoder instead.

Those providers receive your IP address as part of a normal web request and apply their own privacy policies. RailContext does not store the address or the coordinates returned.

Browser location

The “Use my location” option asks your browser for permission. If allowed, the coordinates are used in memory to load nearby static crossing files. They are not written into the URL or sent to a RailContext database.

Government crossing data

Crossing and incident files are downloaded from this site. Looking up nearby records does not send your address to the Federal Railroad Administration.

Analytics

Google Analytics measures visits and whether reports complete. A completed report may record broad product facts such as the quiet-zone category and number of nearby crossings. The address, crossing ID and coordinates are not sent as analytics events.

Advertising

RailContext participates in Google AdSense. Google and its partners may use cookies to serve and measure advertising. You can manage personalised advertising through Google Ads Settings.

Changes

If this policy changes, the updated version appears here. Questions can go through the klepZ hub.