Geocoder dijit: exact match I know exists in searchExtent not returned

YohanBienvenue

Hi,

Why is it that if I send this text 500 boulevard des laurentides to the Geocoder service, then it will only return these two matches:

500 Boulevard des Laurentides, Laval, Québec, CAN

500 Boulevard des Laurentides, Vimont, Québec, CAN

The address I'm looking for is this:

500 Boulevard des Laurentides, Saint-Jérôme, Québec, CAN

But the Geocoder won't offer this result unless I specify the city too.

The street name text is an exact match, why is it not returned initially?

I don't get it. Is there something wrong in my options?

Here is my code:

            this.searchAddressGeocoder = new Geocoder({

               arcgisGeocoder: {

                  url: '//geocode.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/World/GeocodeServer/',

                  outFields: "*",

                  searchExtent: new Extent(

{

                    xmin: -8500000,

                    ymin: 5600000,

                    xmax: -8000000,

                    ymax: 6150000,

                    spatialReference: {

                        wkid: 102100

                    }

                }

),

                  sourceCountry: "CA",

                  suffix: " ,Quebec",

                  categories: ['Address']

               },

               autoComplete: true,

               autoNavigate: false,

               geocoderMenu: true,

               map: this.map,

               maxLocations: 6,

               minCharacters: 3,

               searchDelay: 350,                                                   // milliseconds

               theme: "simpleGeocoder",

               //highlightLocation: true,

               localSearchOptions: {

                 

               },

               onSelect: lang.hitch(this, this.onGeocoderAddressSelect)

            }, "searchAddress-geocoder");

Thanks

Edit: Another question. Is there a way to specify a point, and have the Geocoder prefer results near that point ?

khutchins

Yohan Bienvenue​

It looks like you can use the local search options.  If you specify a distance and minScale in local search options the widget will use the map extent center and the specified  distance when the map scale is less than the specified min scale.  If I add this to my test code and run you can see the location and distance params are used in the suggest request.

         var s = new Search({
            map: map
         }, "search");


         var locator = s.sources[0];
         locator.searchExtent = map.extent;
        //location search using map.extent.getCenter and the specified
        //distance will be performed when the map scale 
        //is less than minScale.
         locator.localSearchOptions = {
          distance: 5000,  //in meters
          minScale: 5000000
         };
  
         s.startup();