topic Address Locator efficiency in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/address-locator-efficiency/m-p/236775#M8084 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have an <STRONG>Address</STRONG> point feature class and a <STRONG>Place Name</STRONG> point feature class.&nbsp; Each has an address locator built for it and participates in a composite address locator along with a street center line locator and several other locators.</P><P style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P>My question is, is it more efficient this way - to have a separate point feature class for the <STRONG>Place Name</STRONG> data - or should the <STRONG>Place Name</STRONG> data be just a table that is used as an alias table inside the initial Address point locator?&nbsp; It works as is, but I'm wondering about efficiency and best practices.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 10 Feb 2015 16:25:43 GMT LakeGIS 2015-02-10T16:25:43Z Address Locator efficiency https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/address-locator-efficiency/m-p/236775#M8084 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have an <STRONG>Address</STRONG> point feature class and a <STRONG>Place Name</STRONG> point feature class.&nbsp; Each has an address locator built for it and participates in a composite address locator along with a street center line locator and several other locators.</P><P style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P>My question is, is it more efficient this way - to have a separate point feature class for the <STRONG>Place Name</STRONG> data - or should the <STRONG>Place Name</STRONG> data be just a table that is used as an alias table inside the initial Address point locator?&nbsp; It works as is, but I'm wondering about efficiency and best practices.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 10 Feb 2015 16:25:43 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/address-locator-efficiency/m-p/236775#M8084 LakeGIS 2015-02-10T16:25:43Z Re: Address Locator efficiency https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/address-locator-efficiency/m-p/236776#M8085 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Define efficient. </P><P></P><P>Personally, I see place names and address points as two very different feature classes, even if you have duplicate points in the two.&nbsp; I keep mine separate, and in a composite with centerlines dispatch 2000 +- 911 calls a day.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 10 Feb 2015 18:03:44 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/address-locator-efficiency/m-p/236776#M8085 JoeBorgione 2015-02-10T18:03:44Z