https://community.esri.com/t5/modelbuilder-ideas/automatic-meter-placement/idi-p/1598759 <P>As it stands right now the only way to place water meters at the correct home (geographical location) is by getting a meter list from the City or Municipality your working with. Once you get a list usually sent as a Excel file. Next you have to search each address on google and that could be thousands of address's, so you could imagine the amount of time it takes t o do that. My idea is that there is some kind of tool or something that would read my excel file (whether I would have to have it in a certain format or not) find all the address that are valid and place a meter at that location. If something like that is possible it would say countless hours of time.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</P> Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:36:30 GMT ChrisDonnan 2025-03-24T20:36:30Z https://community.esri.com/t5/modelbuilder-ideas/automatic-meter-placement/idi-p/1598759 <P>As it stands right now the only way to place water meters at the correct home (geographical location) is by getting a meter list from the City or Municipality your working with. Once you get a list usually sent as a Excel file. Next you have to search each address on google and that could be thousands of address's, so you could imagine the amount of time it takes t o do that. My idea is that there is some kind of tool or something that would read my excel file (whether I would have to have it in a certain format or not) find all the address that are valid and place a meter at that location. If something like that is possible it would say countless hours of time.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</P> Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:36:30 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/modelbuilder-ideas/automatic-meter-placement/idi-p/1598759 ChrisDonnan 2025-03-24T20:36:30Z https://community.esri.com/t5/modelbuilder-ideas/automatic-meter-placement/idc-p/1598765#M159 <P>This type of functionality exists with our geocoding GP tools. Have you tried the&nbsp;<A href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/geocoding/geocode-addresses.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Geocode Addresses geoprocessing tool</A>? Give this tool a look, it might help you quite a bit in the workflow.&nbsp;<BR /><BR />Check out this <A href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llMatRUzqfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Introduction to Geocoding</A> video as well.</P> Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:44:16 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/modelbuilder-ideas/automatic-meter-placement/idc-p/1598765#M159 SSWoodward 2025-03-24T20:44:16Z