topic Re: Geocoder : Restrict Search to Map Extent in ArcGIS Web AppBuilder Questions

Geocoder : Restrict Search to Map Extent

BrianO_keefe — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 15:34:47 GMT

In the Flex app, Locator widget, I could restrict the address searches to only within the overall extent of the map. As all of my searches happen within Tulsa, Oklahoma, I would LIKE to have my users only have to enter the address and not the City and State in order to run the geocoder. I've been digging around the config.json and such files trying to find out how to make this happen but no luck so far.

Does anyone know if this is an option?

Re: Geocoder : Restrict Search to Map Extent

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 16:15:54 GMT

Brain,

This should be what you are looking for (hopefully I have the extent of Tulsa correct):

{
  "geocoder": {
    "autoComplete": true,
    "minCharacters": 3,
    "arcgisGeocoder": {
      "placeholder": "Find address or place",
      "searchExtent": {"xmin":-10738000,"ymin":4281800,"xmax":-10592000,"ymax":4344600,"spatialReference":{"wkid":102100}}
    }
  }
}

Re: Geocoder : Restrict Search to Map Extent

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 19:10:27 GMT

Brain,

I have had better luck using this json (suffix instead) .

{

"geocoder": {

"autoComplete": true,

"minCharacters": 3,

"name": "Esri World Geocoder",

"arcgisGeocoder": false,

"geocoders": [

{

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

"name": "Esri World Geocoder",

"singleLineFieldName": "SingleLine",

"placeholder": "Find address or place",

"suffix": " Tulsa, OK"

}

]

}

Re: Geocoder : Restrict Search to Map Extent

BrianO_keefe — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 16:02:29 GMT

Perfection. Thank you kindly sir.

Re: Geocoder : Restrict Search to Map Extent

YueWu1 — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 00:54:33 GMT

For the "searchExtent", I tested in JS API, it looks like only take Extent Object, the way add "searchExtent" in json is not working. Need more changes in some .js file

Re: Geocoder : Restrict Search to Map Extent

JssrRR — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 19:50:12 GMT

Robert,

Can we use suffix like you suggest here, to limit search to a state in USA when using CountryCode, like this "Texas, US" , right now it works fine, finding results only for USA, but want I the search within Texas only.

s.set("sources", sources.reverse(), sources[4].countryCode = "US")

search extent also works, but I am still getting some results from neighboring states, wanted to know if there was a way to refine it further.

Thank you.

Re: Geocoder : Restrict Search to Map Extent

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:03:33 GMT

Saloni,

This thread was dealing with the Geocoder. Your question has to do with the new Search Dijit it looks like the new Search dijits source does support the suffix property but I would think that "Texas, US" is incorrect and the suffix you would want and try would be "TX" (but I have no experience yet with the Search dijit.

Re: Geocoder : Restrict Search to Map Extent

JssrRR — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:30:33 GMT

Thanks for the reply Robert.

I tried suffix: "TX, US", it did not work, also tried with USA instead of US.

Neither did this:

s.set("sources", sources.reverse(), sources[4].countryCode = " TX, US");

Not sure if I have it right.

Re: Geocoder : Restrict Search to Map Extent

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:36:20 GMT

Saloni,

No My advice was to leave this alone:

s.set("sources", sources.reverse(), sources[4].countryCode = "US")

And just add the "suffix" of "TX" to your source 4

Re: Geocoder : Restrict Search to Map Extent

JssrRR — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 20:55:02 GMT

Robert,

Thanks, it worked!

Re: Geocoder : Restrict Search to Map Extent

AmyKnight — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 14:21:14 GMT

Hi- I am looking for more detail about where and how to do this. I have the same need for FL and am using WAB 1.2 search widget, but cannot find/understand where I am supposed to adjust the suffix. I'm not a developer. I started a new thread for this here: Limit extent of the ESRI geocoder in the Search widget of WAB 1.2.

Thanks!

Re: Geocoder : Restrict Search to Map Extent

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 16:03:13 GMT

All,

I now have an Enhanced Locate widget that allows for adress searches to be confined to the maps current extent.

Enhanced Locate Widget Version 1.2 - 10/2/2015