Working with address locators and geocoding

An address locator is a dataset in the geodatabase that's used to manage address information for features so you can perform geocoding. Geocoding is a process used to match a single address or a table of addresses against the address locator. A geocoded location is returned for each matched address.

Learn more about geocoding

Learn more about the geocoding process

Common geocoding tasks

There are several common tasks that you may need to perform when geocoding. The following list should help you find the information you need to complete those tasks.

Build or maintain reference data

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Choose appropriate reference data

Prepare reference data

Preparing reference and address data

Common tasks when building or maintaining reference data

Determine address locator style

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Choose an address locator style

Common tasks when determining your address locator style

Build an address locator

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Build an address locator

Creating an address locator

Build a composite address locator

Creating a composite address locator

Common tasks when building an address locator

Locate addresses

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Prepare addresses for geocoding

Preparing reference and address data

Add and remove address locators from an ArcMap document

Managing address locators in ArcMap

Geocode a single address

Finding an address

Geocode a table of addresses

Geocoding a table of addresses

Review and modify geocoding results

Rematching a geocoded feature class

Get an address from a location

Getting an address from a location

Common tasks when locating addresses

Publish and maintain the address locator

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Share or publish your address locators

Rebuild the address locator

Rebuilding address locators in ArcCatalog

Modify the address locator settings

Modifying an address locator's settings

Common tasks when publishing and maintaining address locators

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Published 6/7/2010