ESRI world locator returns half of postal code?

HasheenDeBerry — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 14:39:24 GMT

Greetings,

I should preface this question by stating that I live in the United States and I have a rudimentary at best understanding of international postal codes. That being said, I noticed what I think is a peculiar occurrence when searching for address candidates using the ESRI World Locator. I searched for an address in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada using this locator and the JSON result featured only half of the postal code. Here is a part of what was returned:

{  "spatialReference": {   "wkid": 102100,   "latestWkid": 3857  },  "candidates": [   {    "address": "168 Garrison Rd, Fort Erie, Ontario, L2A",    "location": {     "x": -8785206.4957934171,     "y": 5297617.1858132156    },    "score": 100,    "attributes": {     "Loc_name": "World",     "Status": "M",     "Score": 100,     "Match_addr": "168 Garrison Rd, Fort Erie, Ontario, L2A",     "LongLabel": "168 Garrison Rd, Fort Erie, Ontario, L2A, CAN",     "ShortLabel": "168 Garrison Rd",     "Addr_type": "PointAddress",     "Type": "",     "PlaceName": "",     "Place_addr": "168 Garrison Rd, Fort Erie, Ontario, L2A",     "Phone": "",     "URL": "",     "Rank": 20,     "AddBldg": "",     "AddNum": "168",     "AddNumFrom": "",     "AddNumTo": "",     "AddRange": "",     "Side": "L",     "StPreDir": "",     "StPreType": "",     "StName": "Garrison",     "StType": "Rd",     "StDir": "",     "BldgType": "",     "BldgName": "",     "LevelType": "",     "LevelName": "",     "UnitType": "",     "UnitName": "",     "SubAddr": "",     "StAddr": "168 Garrison Rd",     "Block": "",     "Sector": "",     "Nbrhd": "",     "District": "Fort Erie",     "City": "Fort Erie",     "MetroArea": "",     "Subregion": "Niagara",     "Region": "Ontario",     "RegionAbbr": "ON",     "Territory": "",     "Zone": "",     "Postal": "L2A",     "PostalExt": "1M4",     "Country": "CAN",     "LangCode": "ENG",     "Distance": 0,     "X": -78.918852693173292,     "Y": 42.90561948456368,     "DisplayX": -78.918862500000003,     "DisplayY": 42.905277000000012,     "Xmin": -78.919862500000008,     "Xmax": -78.917862499999998,     "Ymin": 42.904277000000015,     "Ymax": 42.90627700000001,     "ExInfo": ""    },    "extent": {     "xmin": -8785318.9069751669,     "ymin": 5297413.1613209005,     "xmax": -8785096.2679935787,     "ymax": 5297717.1135389088    }   },

This is the URL that produced this result:
https://geocode.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/World/GeocodeServer/findAddressCandidates?token=<token>&f=pjson&singleLine=168+Garrison+Rd%2c+Fort+Erie%2c+ON%2c+Canada&outSR=102100&outfields=*

I have some code that is breaking due to an address with half of a postal code failing validation. I know that I can look for the "postalExt" outfield and get the rest of the postal code in a pinch. Should the address candidate display the entire postal code in its results?

Re: ESRI world locator returns half of postal code?

HasheenDeBerry — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 13:12:19 GMT

After consulting with ESRI support, this service is at the mercy of the data that created it. There was an enhancement request submitted that requested that the postal code value include all six characters that was later closed. The reason being is that the data supplied to create the locator doesn't provide 6 character postal codes. We'll work around it. Thank you for all who replied.

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