Haunted by geocoding? Brew up something new with version 9.3.1 locator styles in ArcGIS 10
Happy Halloween
It was a dark and stormy night in Redlands, and the Esri Support Services Analyst, Cassandra, was working late, getting caught up on all things new in ArcGIS Desktop version 10.
Suddenly, an apparition appeared - the ghost of locators past! Shaking his chains of Excel files and lookup tables and murmuring something about data standardization, he told Cassandra to share his secrets of how to use version 9.3 locator styles in version 10.
Okay, enough ghost stories. Hello, this is Cassandra again, brewing up new geocoding locators. While there are lots of improvements and enhancements for geocoding in ArcGIS 10, did you know that you can download and use version 9.3.1 locator styles in version 10?
To download the version 9.3.1 locator styles, go to the following Web page, download the zip file, and copy the .LOT files into C:Program FilesArcGISDesktop10.0Locators* folder: 9.3.1 Locator Styles.
*or wherever ArcGIS Desktop 10 is installed.</FONT>
Once you’ve added in the version 9.3.1 locator styles, you should see all of the version 9.3.1 locator styles and the new version 10 locator styles in the ‘Select Address Locator Style’ dialog box when selecting an Address Locator Style on the ‘Create Address Locator’ tool:
Using the version 9.3.1 locator styles can also help you work around a known issue with the version 10 locator. For more information on this issue, please see the following Esri Knowledge Base article: Bug: Geocoding does not match anything when a locator is built with no city, state, or zip fields ma...
Once you have the version 9.3.1 locator styles installed, you can create a new geocoding locator in version 10:
Back to my ghosts! With my new locator created, I can geocode all the haunted locations in Redlands and map them out…boo!
For more information on what’s new for geocoding in ArcGIS 10, please see the following: What's new for geocoding in ArcGIS 10.
- Cassandra L., Desktop Support Analyst, Esri Support Services