47 CFR 9.3 defines alternative location information as location information, which may be coordinate-based, sufficient to identify the caller's civic address and approximate in-building location, including floor level in large buildings.

Checked 2026-10-14

Vendor
not restricted
Product
not restricted
Subsystem
FCC 911 rules definitions
Deployment
legacy-e911, ng911
Region
us
Release range
current as of 2026-10-14
Checked
2026-10-14

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, October 14). ALI databases and MSAG address validation: source note ali-msag-location-provisioning-cfr-alt-location-info. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/ali-msag-location-provisioning-cfr-alt-location-info

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-ali-msag-location-provisioning-cfr-alt-location-info,
  title  = {ALI databases and MSAG address validation: source note ali-msag-location-provisioning-cfr-alt-location-info},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/ali-msag-location-provisioning-cfr-alt-location-info},
  note   = {Source note ali-msag-location-provisioning-cfr-alt-location-info, checked 2026-10-14}
}

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