Find Address

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This task searches for an address or the intersection of two streets and returns a place as a result. If the task finds a single address the application will zoom to its location.

• When you specify the country of the address, ArcGIS Explorer displays a form that is specific to the address style of the locale. In the case of the United States and Canada, you can enter an address in a free format.
  See the section below on valid forms of addresses for the United States and Canada.
• Not all fields must be completed before finding an address.
• When finding the intersection of two streets that cross, separate the street names from each other with "at", "and", or "&".
• Do not include the country name or an abbreviation for it in the street address. Doing so will result in an either an incorrect match or the address will not be found. To specify the country in which to find an address use the dropdown list at the top of the Task Center.

Geocoding an address with a house number

For successful address matching (also called geocoding) at the house-level, the address must contain a certain combination of fields.

Possible combinations for successful geocoding are as follows:

• Street Address (House number and street, or P.O. Box), City, State/Province

• Street Address (House number and street, or P.O. Box), Postal Code

• Street Address (Street name only), Cross Street, City, State

• Street Address (Street name only), Cross Street, Postal Code

Note: European geocoding doesn't use the State/Province field but does require the Country field.

Partial address support

The Find Address task allows you to provide a partial address. This means that if you do not provide the complete address, you can still get a list of candidates based on the information you have entered. For example, if you only enter a city name, the result list contains cities whose name matches the name you entered. Address Finder can perform four levels of geocoding, with levels 3 and 4 representing partial address geocoding.

Level 1: House-level geocoding, returning the x,y coordinates of a complete address, such as 380 New York St, Redlands, CA 92373

Level 2: Intersection geocoding, returning the x,y coordinates of the intersection of two cross streets, such as
New York St at Pine Ave, Redlands, CA 92373

Level 3: Street-level geocoding, returning the centroids of each street segment and area, such as 100-200 New York St, 92373 or New York St, 92373

Level 4: Place-level geocoding, returning the centroid of the place, such as Redlands, CA.