topic Re: Modifying address locator settings using arcpy in Data Management Questions

Modifying address locator settings using arcpy

AlexBartik — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 12:32:49 GMT

In ArcGIS 10.1 is there anyway to modify address locator properties using arcpy? Specifically, I want to modify the side offset of address locators with a python script rather than manually making the change in the locator properties box after creating the locator (which messes up the entire workflow because it requires a manual edit halfway through the geocoding process).

Thanks,
Alex

Re: Modifying address locator settings using arcpy

BruceHarold — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:56:45 GMT

Hello Alex

There are no ArcPy methods for accessing the runtime properties of a locator.
An approach you may want to look at is making a copy of the locator with different properties.

Regards

Re: Modifying address locator settings using arcpy

RoyceVerboom1 — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:52:02 GMT

It would be pretty handy to be able to edit the properties of a locator using arcpy. It would also help to be able to manage that during the creation process of the locator in a python script.

Re: Modifying address locator settings using arcpy

TannerSemerad — Wed, 01 May 2013 15:43:19 GMT

I agree. There needs to be some way to automate this. At the very least there should be some sort of xml template you can feed to the Create Address Locator tool.

I'm creating a data processing model for a customer who will run the model whenever they need to update their data in the custom ArcEngine software they bought from us. We've automated the entire process for them to make it as painless as possible, except after the model is completed they will still need to manually set up the Address Locator. This is very frustrating, as we promised to deliver a set of tools that will process their data so it works for our software. Will this be addressed in 10.2?

Re: Modifying address locator settings using arcpy

KDeVogelaere — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 21:39:29 GMT

Take a look at this approach, I am attempting the same solution in our Python script-

locator_fn = 'my_address_locator.loc' locator_file = open(locator_fn,'a') # open for appending locator_file.writelines('MinimumCandidateScore = 70')

locator_file.writelines('SpellingSensitivity = 70')

locator_file.writelines('MinimumMatchScore = 70') locator_file.close()

Locator Properties:

MinimumCandidateScore
SideOffsetUnits
SpellingSensitivity
MinimumMatchScore
EndOffset
IntersectionConnectors
MatchIfScoresTie
SideOffset
SuggestedBatchSize
WriteXYCoordFields
WriteStandardizedAddressField
WriteReferenceIDField
WritePercentAlongField