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Is there a way to take advantage of the 'suggest' of the World Geocoding Service?

TracySchloss

I see there are some newer features in the REST API documentation for the World Geocoding Service. I really like the idea of 'suggest' that lets the user to enter part of an address and get a list of suggested matches.

Is there a way to take advantage of this through the Javascript API, maybe through something like esri.request?

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StevenGraf1

var geocoder = new Geocoder({
    map: map,
autocomplete: true
  },"search");

The autocomplete:true property will give suggestions. Is this what you were looking for?

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StevenGraf1

var geocoder = new Geocoder({
    map: map,
autocomplete: true
  },"search");

The autocomplete:true property will give suggestions. Is this what you were looking for?

TracySchloss

I've always used a locator task and not the geocoder dijit, because I always feel like I have more control with a task compared to the dijits. I guess I need to give the dijit a 2nd look.

MattDriscoll

The locator task has a suggestLocations method which uses the locator suggest.

locator-amd | API Reference | ArcGIS API for JavaScript

TracySchloss

Maybe I should try that instead. Going back through a geocoder dijit example, I'm remembering what I didn't like about it in the first place - completely flaky behavior! It will suggest my address, but when I select it to complete the navigation zoom etc, it's takes me instead to some other location entirely! I know I will get nothing but complaints from the end users if I start using this instead.

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