topic Re: Geocoding in a disconnected manner in ArcGIS for Windows Mobile Questions

Geocoding in a disconnected manner

deleted-user-T42XKeMY9oXS — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:39:14 GMT

Is there a lightweight way to do this (specifically address matching) WITHOUT using ArcObjects, ArcEngine or ArcGIS desktop api.
I have an app that uses the mobile API but I really need the address matching function in a disconnected manner.
Any help would be appreciated.

Ashish Raje

Re: Geocoding in a disconnected manner

DavidMarley — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:31:27 GMT

Ashish,

I have the exact same need (disconnected geocoding). I've been asking ESRI for this for years actually!

I was told that it was not possible with version 10 either, however there is a glimmer of hope that it may be: There is a sample that appears to use a local StreetMap SDC file for geocoding. I have not been able to get the sample to run, and I can find little or no documentation about the sample or Streetmap use within ArcGIS Mobile.

The sample is in "GeocodingTaskExtension.zip" located here:

C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Mobile10.0\DeveloperKit\Samples\ApplicationFramework\Windows\

And is discussed very briefly in the Mobile Developer Help under the Samples > Windows Applications node. It's called "GeoCoding on StreetMap".

I think the StreetMap product is fairly expensive, but if in fact this works then it's a very good new addition under Mobile 10.

Re: Geocoding in a disconnected manner

MelindaFrost — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:26:59 GMT

I do a lot of work with local governments and they typically have their own maintained street and address feature layers. So, I just query the tables directly for location matches.
Not sure if that is an option for you.

Re: Geocoding in a disconnected manner

DavidMarley — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:52:38 GMT

Thanks for the reply. Yes I work with a lot of local governments as well, and likewise utilize address attribute-style searches in many cases. But I've got one situation where true geocoding is required and they don't want to be reliant on a network connection (which would allow geocoding easily via an ArcGIS Server service).

I read somewhere about a custom-developed geocoder using a combination of attribute search (eg, for street name) and interpolation of the address ranges to approximate the point location. I may try that eventually but keep hoping ESRI will provide some "real" disconnected geocoding solution within ArcGIS mobile