diff --git a/inc/TrkStrawHitInfo.hh b/inc/TrkStrawHitInfo.hh
index e30d96a..d744832 100644
--- a/inc/TrkStrawHitInfo.hh
+++ b/inc/TrkStrawHitInfo.hh
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ namespace mu2e
     float rdresid = 0, rdresidmvar = -1.0, rdresidpvar = -1.0; // reference distance residual and associated measurement and parameter variances
     float wdot = 0; // cosine of the angle between the track and wire
     XYZVectorF poca; // POCA
+    float uwirephi = 0; // cylindrical phi around wire of uPOCA
+    float ustrawdist = 0; // unsigned uDOCA to straw center
+    float ustrawphi = 0; // cylindrical phi around straw center of uPOCA
     // not sure if we still want these
     bool dhit = false;
     bool dactive = false;
diff --git a/inc/TrkStrawHitInfoMC.hh b/inc/TrkStrawHitInfoMC.hh
index 72ca31c..b5e1816 100644
--- a/inc/TrkStrawHitInfoMC.hh
+++ b/inc/TrkStrawHitInfoMC.hh
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ namespace mu2e
     float twdot = -1000.0; // dot product between track and wire directions
     float tau = -1000.0; // threshold cluster distance to the wire along the perpedicular particle path
     float cdist = -1000.0; // threshold cluster distance to the wire
+    float phi = -1000.0; // cylindrical phi around wire of POCA
+    float lang = -1000.0; // lorentz angle
+    float strawdoca = -1000.0; // true transverse distance at POCA of the particle to the straw center
+    float strawphi = -1000.0; // cylindrical phi around straw center of POCA
     XYZVectorF cpos; // threshold cluster position
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/InfoMCStructHelper.cc b/src/InfoMCStructHelper.cc
index ac2add5..86e7679 100644
--- a/src/InfoMCStructHelper.cc
+++ b/src/InfoMCStructHelper.cc
@@ -119,8 +119,6 @@ namespace mu2e {
   }
 
   void InfoMCStructHelper::fillHitInfoMC(const KalSeedMC& kseedmc, TrkStrawHitInfoMC& tshinfomc, const TrkStrawHitMC& tshmc) {
-    const Tracker& tracker = *GeomHandle<Tracker>();
-
     const SimPartStub& simPart = kseedmc.simParticle(tshmc._spindex);
     tshinfomc.pdg = simPart._pdg;
     tshinfomc.startCode = simPart._proc;
@@ -134,22 +132,19 @@ namespace mu2e {
     tshinfomc.edep = tshmc._energySum;
     tshinfomc.mom = std::sqrt(tshmc._mom.mag2());
     tshinfomc.cpos  = tshmc._cpos;
-
-    // find the step midpoint
-    const Straw& straw = tracker.getStraw(tshmc._strawId);
-    auto mcsep = tshmc._cpos-XYZVectorF(straw.getMidPoint());
-    auto wdir = XYZVectorF(straw.getDirection());
-    tshinfomc.len = mcsep.Dot(wdir);
-    auto mdir = tshmc._mom.Unit();
-    auto mcperp = mdir.Cross(wdir).Unit();
-    double dperp = mcperp.Dot(mcsep);
-    tshinfomc.twdot = mdir.Dot(wdir);
-    tshinfomc.dist = fabs(dperp);
-    auto wperp = wdir.Cross(mcperp);
-    tshinfomc.tau = mcsep.Dot(wperp);
-    tshinfomc.cdist = sqrt(tshinfomc.dist*tshinfomc.dist+tshinfomc.tau*tshinfomc.tau);
-    tshinfomc.ambig = dperp > 0 ? -1 : 1; // follow TrkPoca convention
-    tshinfomc.doca = -1*dperp;
+    tshinfomc.len = tshmc._wireLen;
+    tshinfomc.twdot = tshmc._wireDot;
+    tshinfomc.doca = tshmc._wireDOCA;
+    tshinfomc.dist = fabs(tshmc._wireDOCA);
+    tshinfomc.strawdoca = tshmc._strawDOCA;
+    tshinfomc.phi = tshmc._wirePhi;
+    tshinfomc.strawphi = tshmc._strawPhi;
+    tshinfomc.lang = fabs(fmod(tshmc._wirePhi,M_PI));
+    if (tshinfomc.lang > M_PI_2) tshinfomc.lang = M_PI - tshinfomc.lang;
+    tshinfomc.lang = M_PI_2 - tshinfomc.lang; // currently in tshinfo lang is calculated perpendicular to drift direction
+    tshinfomc.tau = tshmc._wireTau;
+    tshinfomc.cdist = sqrt(tshinfomc.doca*tshinfomc.doca+tshinfomc.tau*tshinfomc.tau);
+    tshinfomc.ambig = tshmc._wireDOCA > 0 ? 1 : -1;
   }
 
   void InfoMCStructHelper::fillAllSimInfos(const KalSeedMC& kseedmc, const PrimaryParticle& primary, std::vector<std::vector<SimInfo>>& all_siminfos, int n_generations, int n_match) {
diff --git a/src/InfoStructHelper.cc b/src/InfoStructHelper.cc
index 8d2c92f..26db9a1 100644
--- a/src/InfoStructHelper.cc
+++ b/src/InfoStructHelper.cc
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #include "TrkAna/inc/InfoStructHelper.hh"
 #include "Offline/RecoDataProducts/inc/TrkStrawHitSeed.hh"
 #include "KinKal/Trajectory/CentralHelix.hh"
-#include "Offline/TrackerGeom/inc/Tracker.hh"
 #include "Offline/Mu2eKinKal/inc/WireHitState.hh"
 #include <cmath>
 #include <limits>
@@ -241,10 +240,8 @@ namespace mu2e {
     std::vector<TrkStrawHitInfo> tshinfos;
     // loop over hits
     static StrawHitFlag active(StrawHitFlag::active);
-    const Tracker& tracker = *GeomHandle<Tracker>();
     for(std::vector<TrkStrawHitSeed>::const_iterator ihit=kseed.hits().begin(); ihit != kseed.hits().end(); ++ihit) {
       TrkStrawHitInfo tshinfo;
-      auto const& straw = tracker.getStraw(ihit->strawId());
 
       tshinfo.state = ihit->_ambig;
       tshinfo.usetot = ihit->_kkshflag.hasAnyProperty(KKSHFlag::tot);
@@ -300,16 +297,11 @@ namespace mu2e {
       tshinfo.rdresidmvar   = ihit->_rdresidmvar;
       tshinfo.rdresidpvar   = ihit->_rdresidpvar;
 
-      // find nearest segment
-      auto ikseg = kseed.nearestSegment(ihit->_ptoca);
-      if(ikseg != kseed.segments().end()){
-        auto tdir(ikseg->momentum3().Unit());
-        tshinfo.wdot = tdir.Dot(straw.getDirection());
-      }
-      auto const& wiredir = straw.getDirection();
-      auto const& mid = straw.getMidPoint();
-      auto hpos = mid + wiredir*ihit->_wdist;
-      tshinfo.poca = XYZVectorF(hpos);
+      tshinfo.wdot = ihit->_wdot;
+      tshinfo.poca = ihit->_upoca;
+      tshinfo.ustrawdist = ihit->_ustrawdist;
+      tshinfo.ustrawphi = ihit->_ustrawphi;
+      tshinfo.uwirephi = ihit->_uwirephi;
 
       // count correlations with other TSH
       // OBSOLETE: replace this with a test for KinKal StrawHitClusters