Create Locator for Street Name
I have a polyline feature class which contains Street Names, which I wish to use as a locator.
For some reason, it does not seem possible to create a Locator using the Create Locator tool using the Street Address role with a polyline feature class that contains only Street Names and no House Numbers From/To. Reading the documentation for the Street Address role, it implies that it should be possible to create a Locator using this role with Street Names but without house numbers from/to. However fields for house numbers from/to are set as mandatory:
Is there any way around this? As the Street Address role seems to be the only role which supports Polyline Feature Classes. I wish to use to a Polyline Feature Class for this locator so that it reverse geocodes correctly along the whole of each street.
I wish to use to a Polyline Feature Class for this locator so that it reverse geocodes correctly along the whole of each street.
You could try the General-Single Field type and use your Street Name field as the Key Field. However, realize that such an approach will provide you with limited accuracy and less precision in your results. All of your data will need to be dissolved on street name and if you have streets with a common name that are not spatially congruent, they will essentially be multi-part lines: For example, you have a street name of Main St that runs for quite some distance and stops and starts again on either side of a river. I believe the incoming 'address' of Main St to the centroid of the line, wherever that might be...
