configure Arcgis Online address lookup

[SeanSmyth]

Hi All,

Can the Hosted ArcGIS Online Javascript based viewer be configured to use a user defined address locator or are we stuck with what is available online.  I would like to use my own geocoding service for address searching on content that I publish to ArcGIS.com

Any advise here is welcome.


Cheers
Sean

[MikeMinami]

No, unfortunately it can't. If you're a developer, you could write your own application using the JavaScript API...

http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/

Thanks,

Mike

[AndrewHargreaves]

Ok - say I want to do that, what's the process?
1. Download basic viewer template code
2. Modify
3. host myself?

Is there no way the get my custom code back up into my ArcGIS account for Esri to host? Reading the list of "Supported Items" that can be hosted it leads me to believe I should be able to do this, namely:

Applications

An application combines maps, data, and tools for a targeted use such as a polling stations mobile app or an Arctic ice flows web application. Applications can be based on standard templates, which are configured using web maps and other properties and developed with APIs. In general, applications are constructed from information in web maps, supplemented with additional application-specific configuration and customization. Applications can be hosted as a part of your content or they can be managed independently and registered with the system. Applications include add-ins, a customization file that plugs into an ArcGIS for Desktop or Explorer Desktop application to provide supplemental functionality for accomplishing custom tasks.
Supported types of applications

    Application Web application
    Application Mobile application
    Application ArcGIS Desktop add-in (.esriaddin)
    Application ArcGIS Explorer add-in (.eaz)

[MikeMinami]

Your steps are correct.

ArcGIS Online doesn't support hosting your web application. We do support adding a link to a URL of a running application and also the ability to upload the code so that it can be downloaded by someone. But this is just storing the files for download and not deploying the application to a web server.

Thanks,

Mike