Adding new cases to existing geocoded data

mattweber — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:10:30 GMT

I am a student working on a project for the local police department, and have received new data that I have to add to an existing set of geocoded data. Is there an easy way to merge this new data to the existing so that I don't have to start from scratch geocoding all the cases again(over 22,000) Thanks for your time.
Matt Weber
Wittenberg University

Re: Adding new cases to existing geocoded data

JoeBorgione — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:42:02 GMT

I perform a similar analysis on a monthly basis, and while there may be a more elegant way to do it, here is my method:

I have a 'master' point feature class that is essentially a compilation of everything I geocode; it does not have all the geocoding attributes you get after geocoding. It sits off by itself, and is made available for those who need it.

Each month I geocode incoming records to its own stand alone feature class; I then use the simple data loader to fold them into the master feature class, mapping over the appropriate attributes.

You can add a geocoding process into a model builder application (I think) but I'm pretty sure you can not add the simple data loader into a model builder. I don't mind doing it manually as it gives me better control over the quality of the results. I archive the individual monthly results just in case I need to get back at them.

Hope this helps-

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Adding new cases to existing geocoded data

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