ArcMap 9.

3Geocoding Quick Guide

Geocoding addresses within ArcMap.

Geocoding is the process of assigning a location, usually in the form of coordinate values (latitude and longitude), to an
address by comparing the descriptive location elements (address, city, state and zip) to those present in the Address
Locator. This handout covers how to set up the address locator service and how to geocode your address using those
services.
This handout assumes that you have an Excel spreadsheet that contains address data. Be sure that the column headings are in the first row and that the heading names do not contain spaces.

Get ArcMap Started

1. From Start > Programs > ArcGIS, click once on ArcMap to launch the application (depending on which version of
Windows you are running, these steps may vary slightly).
2. The Startup dialog box appears.
3. Click one of the options:
a. Create a new empty map
b. Create a map from a template, or
c. Browse for an existing map.
Set Up the Address Locator
4. From the Tools menu, select Geocoding.

5. Click on Address Locator Manager.

6. Click Add (in the Address Locator Manager dialog box).
7. From the Look in drop-down menu, select GIS Servers.

8. Click Add ArcGIS Server.

9. Click Add.
10. In the Add ArcGIS Server wizard, select Use GIS Services.

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11. Click Next.

12. Select Internet and enter the following ArcGIS Server
URL: http://tasks.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/services
13. Click Finish.

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Set Up the Address Locator (continued)

14. In the Add Address Locator dialog box (from the GIS Server list), select arcgis on tasks.arcgisonline.com.
15. Click Add.
16. Select the Locators folder and click Add.
17. Select the TA_Address_NA locator and click Add.
18. Click Close.

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Geocode Your Addresses

20. From Tools > Geocoding > Geocode Addresses,
select your Locators/TA_Addresse_NA (not TA_Addresses_US)

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21. Click OK.

22. In the Geocode Addresses dialog box, locate your .xls
(or .xlsx) file and double-click the file name to select it.

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23. Choose sheet1$

24. Click Add.
a. Confirm the Address Input Fields (they need to match
the headings of your Excel spreadsheet).
b. Under Output shapefile or feature class, save the
output as the correct file format to your project folder/
geodatabase.
a. Click OK.

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25. Close the Geocode Addresses results dialog box.

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Viewing the Results

Table of Contents with the

geocoding result layer
.
above the demographics
layer.

Data View
with the
two map
layers
displayed.

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