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Use an online service to find the address for a point on the map.

Image of reverse geocode

Use case

You might use a geocoder to find a customer’s delivery address based on the location returned by their device’s GPS.

How to use the sample

Click on the map to see the nearest address displayed in a callout.

How it works

  1. Create a LocatorTask object using a URL to a geocoder service.
  2. Set the GeocodeParameters for the LocatorTask and specify the geocoder’s attributes.
  3. Get the matching results from the GeocodeResult using LocatorTask.reverseGeocodeAsync.
  4. Show the results using a PictureMarkerSymbol and add the symbol to a Graphic in the GraphicsOverlay.

Relevant API

  • GeocodeParameters
  • LocatorTask
  • ReverseGeocodeParameters

Additional information

This sample uses the World Geocoding Service. For more information, see the Geocoding service help topic on the ArcGIS Developer website.

Tags

address, geocode, locate, reverse geocode, search

Sample Code

module-info.java module-info.java ReverseGeocodeOnlineSample.java
/*
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module com.esri.samples.reverse_geocode_online {
// require ArcGIS Maps SDK for Java module
requires com.esri.arcgisruntime;
// handle SLF4J http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#StaticLoggerBinder
requires org.slf4j.nop;
// require JavaFX modules that the application uses
requires javafx.graphics;
requires javafx.controls;
exports com.esri.samples.reverse_geocode_online;
}