geocoding service

A geocoding service is a that can search for addresses, place addresses, and businesses. It takes input text, such as an address, place, or business name, and returns a set of address candidates. Each candidate contains data such as the real address, , match score, and other attributes. The service can also take an input location and return the nearest address, street intersection, point of interest (POI), or geographic place; this is known as . A geocoding service can also perform bulk geocoding, where many addresses are geocoded at once. An is required to use the service.

There are two types of geocoding services:

  1. The ArcGIS Geocoding service: A hosted by Esri for developers who have an or .

  2. ArcGIS Enterprise geocoding service: A geocoding service you can host in your own infrastructure with . The service is available to developers who have an associated with the .

Learn more in the developer guide

Also known as

  • world geocoding service

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