topic Re: what is field map while creating Address Locator for geocoding in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/what-is-field-map-while-creating-address-locator/m-p/23792#M1225 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank You so much.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 25 Mar 2016 20:44:58 GMT OliviaChowdhury1 2016-03-25T20:44:58Z what is field map while creating Address Locator for geocoding https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/what-is-field-map-while-creating-address-locator/m-p/23790#M1223 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><BR />ArcGis desktop</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 25 Mar 2016 20:11:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/what-is-field-map-while-creating-address-locator/m-p/23790#M1223 OliviaChowdhury1 2016-03-25T20:11:51Z Re: what is field map while creating Address Locator for geocoding https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/what-is-field-map-while-creating-address-locator/m-p/23791#M1224 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><EM>Field Map</EM> is where you match the fields you have with what is needed for the address locator.&nbsp; For example, my data file has the "From Left" information in a field that is called "FRADDRL", so that field is selected from the pulldown so the address locator knows which field in the reference data to use for that component.&nbsp; You repeat that for all the required components (those with an asterisk next to them), then any optional ones you want to use (note - the example image is not fully filled out).</P><P></P><P><IMG __jive_id="193119" alt="field map2.jpg" class="image-1 jive-image" src="/legacyfs/online/193119_field map2.jpg" style="width: 620px; height: 306px;" /></P><P></P><P><A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/guide-books/geocoding/creating-an-address-locator.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/guide-books/geocoding/creating-an-address-locator.htm">Creating an address locator—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A></P><P></P><P>EDIT - added a more informational picture and more details.</P><P></P><P></P><P>Chris Donohue, GISP</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 25 Mar 2016 20:37:18 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/what-is-field-map-while-creating-address-locator/m-p/23791#M1224 ChrisDonohue__GISP 2016-03-25T20:37:18Z Re: what is field map while creating Address Locator for geocoding https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/what-is-field-map-while-creating-address-locator/m-p/23792#M1225 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank You so much.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 25 Mar 2016 20:44:58 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/what-is-field-map-while-creating-address-locator/m-p/23792#M1225 OliviaChowdhury1 2016-03-25T20:44:58Z