Latest Contributions by ShanaBritt

The suggestion behavior with a geocode service based on the General - SingleField locator style is a bug and the suggested workaround is to use the Gazetteer style. There is also a memory leak issue with the SingleField locator style when used as a service, which is another reason to use the Gazetteer style. ... View more

If you are able to move to Pro 2.3, which is now available you may want to try creating a locator with the Create Locator tool, which will allow you to create a single locator that references multiple datasets. See the following help topics for additional details. Fundamentals of combining multiple locators into a composite locator—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop  Introduction to locator roles—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop  Create a locator—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop  ... View more

I was referring to the Find tool in ArcMap, I had overlooked you were using ArcGIS Pro. However, in Pro if you turn off the Esri World Geocoder or move your custom locator up in the list on the Settings tab of the Locate pane, you should see the same possible candidates that you would in the Find tool in ArcMap.  Also, do you plan to upgrade to Pro 2.3 in the near future? ... View more

Kevin: The 'Match out of range' setting only applies to the new locators created with the Create Locator tool in Pro 2.3. The 'Match out of range' setting only applies to Find operations and not suggestions. The performance and quality topics mentioned above relate to the new locators created with the Create Locator tool in Pro 2.3. ... View more

It would be interesting to see what is returned for the '12 Fort Athens 45701' address when using the Find tool with the "show all candidates" option checked. I've often used the Find tool to help see what candidates are returned and what the attributes are of the candidates and their scores. This can help with adjusting the Geocoding options that Joe Borgione‌ pointed out above. ... View more

Michael: The Create Locator tool will only be available in ArcGIS Pro and the locators created with the tool can be published to ArcGIS Server 10.6.1 or later, where they can then be used in ArcMap 10.7 as services. The locators cannot be used locally in ArcMap. You can still use the Create Address Locator tool in ArcGIS Pro to create locators that can be used locally in ArcMap, but when published as a service the suggestion problem will still be present.  ... View more

ArcGIS Pro 2.3 went live today, now you will be able to create locators with the Create Locator tool that when published as a service will return valid house numbers for addresses when using the suggest operation or autocomplete. They will also return suggestions locally in the Locate pane. The new tool supports building locators for the US, Canada, and US Territories and supports English, French, and Spanish languages. We will be working on releasing additional countries and languages in upcoming releases. The Geocoding section of the help has been overhauled as well and the following topics would be a good place to start reading before using the tool. Fundamentals of creating a locator—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop  Introduction to locator roles—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop  Tips for preparing reference data—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop  Create a locator—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop  Tips for improving geocoding quality—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop  ... View more

ArcGIS Pro 2.3 went live today, now you will be able to create locators with the Create Locator tool that when published as a service will return valid house numbers for addresses when using the suggest operation or autocomplete. They will also return suggestions locally in the Locate pane. Suggestions for subaddress units are not yet part of these new locators, but is on our radar. The new tool supports building locators for the US, Canada, and US Territories and supports English, French, and Spanish languages. We will be working on releasing additional countries and languages in upcoming releases. The Geocoding section of the help has been overhauled as well and the following topics would be a good place to start reading before using the tool. Fundamentals of creating a locator—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop  Introduction to locator roles—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop  Tips for preparing reference data—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop  Create a locator—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop  Tips for improving geocoding quality—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop  ... View more

ArcGIS Pro 2.3 went live today, now you will be able to create locators with the Create Locator tool that when published as a service will return valid house numbers for addresses when using the suggest operation or autocomplete. When used locally, the locators will return suggestions in the Locate pane. The new tool supports building locators for the US, Canada, and US Territories and supports English, French, and Spanish languages. We will be working on releasing additional countries and languages in upcoming releases. The Geocoding section of the help has been overhauled as well and the following topics would be a good place to start reading before using the tool. Fundamentals of creating a locator—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop  Introduction to locator roles—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop  Tips for preparing reference data—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop  Create a locator—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop  Tips for improving geocoding quality—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop  ... View more

ArcGIS Pro 2.3 went live today, now you will be able to create locators with the Create Locator tool that when published as a service will return valid house numbers for addresses when using the suggest operation or autocomplete. The locators also support suggestions locally in ArcGIS Pro via the Locate pane.The new tool supports building locators for the US, Canada, and US Territories and supports English, French, and Spanish languages. We will be working on releasing additional countries and languages in upcoming releases. The Geocoding section of the help has been overhauled as well and the following topics would be a good place to start reading before using the tool. Fundamentals of creating a locator—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop  Introduction to locator roles—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop  Tips for preparing reference data—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop  Create a locator—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop  Tips for improving geocoding quality—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop  ... View more

ArcGIS Pro 2.3 went live today and if you are able to install it try using the Python option I suggested above. ... View more

For ArcGIS Pro 2.3 the parameter 'overwrite_existing_service' was added to the CreateGeocodeSDDraft ArcPy publishing function. Once ArcGIS Pro 2.3 is available you would be able to overwrite the locator service via Python using Pro. Later this week this help topic will include the new parameter. At this time there is no option in the UI to overwrite existing locator services. https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/arcpy/functions/creategeocodesddraft.htm  ... View more

Jon: What version is the custom locator and portal you are using? Which locator style was used to build the locator? ... View more

Are you getting different results depending on if you use geographic lat/long or projected coordinates as input for reverse geocoding? Are you using the ArcGIS World Geocoding Service to perform reverse geocoding? ... View more

The following technical article provides steps for adding a new street pretype for a custom highway, the steps in the article are equivalent to modifying the *.cls file of locators prior to version 10.0. How To: Add a custom highway to the address locator style  You can use most of the steps in the article to modify the 'Lane' suffix type definition in the <section desc="Suffix types"> section of the USAddress.lot.xml file. If you wanted to continue to use 'La' as an abbreviation for 'Lane', add 'La' to the following alias list for Lane. <def name="_ST_Lane" is_alias_list="true"> <alt>Lane</alt> <alt>Ln</alt> <alt>Lanes</alt> <alt>Lne</alt> </def> ... View more