Geocoding Process Summary

EXERCISE 1

Opened ArcCatalog.

Examined attributes of RedStreets.shp and RedRestaurants table.

Right-clicked Redlands in table of contents.

Selected style “US Address – Dual Ranges” with the Redlands Streets layer as the reference and named locator.

Opened ArcMap and the Gourmetmap.mxd.

Right-clicked RedRestuarants in table of contents and picked ‘Geocode Addresses’.

Added Redlands Locator and named output: GeocodedRestuarants.shp.

EXERCISE 2

Opened ArcMap and added Redstreets.shp.

Selected ‘Find’ tool and selected “locations” tab.

Chose 10.0 US Streets Geocode Service (ArcGIS Online) (Not 9.3.1)

Entered

380 New York Street, Redlands CA 92373

Right-clicked the top result and added labeled point.

Selected Graphic & Text and selected text and changed to ESRI Café.

Repeated this process with the RedlandsLocator.

EXERCISE 3

Opened Customers.mxd in ArcMap

Opened attribute table for “Customers” and added address text field.

Right-clicked [Address] field and selected Field Calculator.                 

Used Field Calculator to concatenate address fields.

Opened ArcToolbox > Geocoding Tools > Standardize Addresses.

Saved file and closed ArcMap.

EXERCISE 4

Opened ArcCatalog.

Right clicked on Atlanta.gdb  and selected New Address Locator.

Chose US Address – Dual Ranges for the style and Streets.shp for the reference.

Named new locator AtlantaLocator. Adjusted locator properties.

Opened ArcMap and added Streets.shp and Customers table.

Added the just created AtlantaLocator.

Set output to Atlanta.gdb and saved as AtlantaCustomers.shp. Geocoded addresses.

Reviewed results.

Opened Streets_Addresses attribute table  and summarized the street name field.

Opened the summarized table and adjusted similar street names to eliminate unmatched addressed.

Saved document and closed ArcMap.