topic Re: LocalLocatorTask "one or more of the locator's properties is invalid" in .NET Maps SDK Questions

LocalLocatorTask "one or more of the locator's properties is invalid"

EdwardBlair — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 18:03:35 GMT

Am trying to create a LocalLocatorTask using a composite locator. This works when I use it in ArcMap. But when providing the .loc file to Runtime I get the error "One or more of the locator's properties is invalid". Are there Runtime-specific requirements for locators? Code is below. Any insights would be much appreciated.

private void SetupLocator()

{

try

{

string locatorPath = @"C:\GISData\Data\Snapshot\CompositeStreetLocator.loc";

_locatorTask = new Esri.ArcGISRuntime.Tasks.Geocoding.LocalLocatorTask(locatorPath);

}

catch (Exception ex)

{

this.Log.LogException(ex);

}

Re: LocalLocatorTask "one or more of the locator's properties is invalid"

NagmaYasmin — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 18:20:25 GMT

Hi Edward,

Have you created the runtime content for the locator in ArcMap which creates a .locb file. This is necessary to consume the local locator in Runtime application. Let me know if you need more details information on how to create the runtime content for the locator in ArcMap.

Nagma

Re: LocalLocatorTask "one or more of the locator's properties is invalid"

EdwardBlair — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 18:24:55 GMT

Nagma -

Thanks for the reply. And no, I have not created a .locb file. More

details would be appreciated.

Thx

Re: LocalLocatorTask "one or more of the locator's properties is invalid"

NagmaYasmin — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 18:41:55 GMT

Hi Edward,

In ArcMap, first load the local locator. Then click on File--> Share As--> ArcGIS Runtime Content.

Choose the Locator and check the option "Use a locator from the current map". Also in "ArcGIS Runtime Content", choose the folder where you want to save the locator file.

In case , you don't see the option for "ArcGIS Runtime Content" in File--> Share As-->, then on the menu click "Customize --> ArcMap Options -->Sharing --> check the box "Enable ArcGIS Runtime tools"

Hope that helps.

Nagma

Re: LocalLocatorTask "one or more of the locator's properties is invalid"

EdwardBlair — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 18:47:43 GMT

Nagma -

I just tried this and the process completes, but no .locb file is created.

Re: LocalLocatorTask "one or more of the locator's properties is invalid"

EdwardBlair — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 18:59:43 GMT

Nagma -

Just tried this again, but this time with a feature class added to my map.

This time the .locb file got generated. When generating the runtime

content I excluded the GIS data, but it seems that generating runtime

content for a locator still wants to have some data in the map.

Re: LocalLocatorTask "one or more of the locator's properties is invalid"

NagmaYasmin — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 20:02:33 GMT

Hi Ed,

I have used the test data (attached) to create the .locb file to be used in runtime. Below is the video how I generated the .locb file. I don't think you need to add any data to the map, just adding the locator in ArcMap should work.

2017-08-17_1255

Hope that helps.

Nagma

Re: LocalLocatorTask "one or more of the locator's properties is invalid"

RadhikaAnumolu — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 13:10:45 GMT

Hi Nagma,

I am also having the same issue. I watched your video and followed the steps, but I still don't see .locb file.

Appreciate your help!

Re: LocalLocatorTask "one or more of the locator's properties is invalid"

NagmaYasmin — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 15:34:43 GMT

Hi Radhika,

Have you tried to generate the runtime content from the san-diego locator which is attached with the previous post.

Best,

Nagma

Re: LocalLocatorTask "one or more of the locator's properties is invalid"

RadhikaAnumolu — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 15:37:41 GMT

Thank you Nagma!

Just before your reply I was able to generate .locb file for USA_PointAddress file. But when I am using that with Local Locator task to get the latitude and longitude, I am not getting any data back.

Re: LocalLocatorTask "one or more of the locator's properties is invalid"

NagmaYasmin — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 15:43:04 GMT

Hi Radihika,

You could set the OutputSpatialReference of the GeocodeParameters to "SpatialReferences.Wgs84" to get the lat/long coordinates

GeocodeParameters gcParams = new GeocodeParameters();
gcParams.OutputSpatialReference = SpatialReferences.Wgs84;

IReadOnlyList<GeocodeResult> results = await localLocatorTask.GeocodeAsync("address", gcParams);

Debug.WriteLine("Latitude: " + results[0].InputLocation.Y + " Longitude: " + results[0].InputLocation.X);

Hope that helps.

Nagma

Re: LocalLocatorTask "one or more of the locator's properties is invalid"

MariusRocher1 — Sat, 02 Sep 2017 01:21:58 GMT

Fancy running into you here on the forum. I suspect your environment was much like mine.

Here is what I found:

1. I created the Runtime content and locator (composite locator) using ArcGIS 10.5.

2. I used a runtime application built on 10.2.7 to access the locator much like your posted code does.

3. Got the error you are reporting.

4. I created the Runtime content and locator (composite locator) using ArcGIS 10.2.2.

5. Tried this locator with the same 10.2.7 based app and it works.

There appears to be a compatibility issue that I did not expect and perhaps missed in Esri documentation.
Perhaps Esri folks can shed light on this?

Regards

Marius