Geocoding

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Hands-on Exercises from Textbook
Chapter 17: Geocoding Addresses
- Exercise 17a, p. 450: Creating a Geocoding Service
  - Note this has changed from the textbook. Open the Toolbox in ArcCatalog, Select Geocoding Tools, Create Address Locator. The reference data are in C:\GTKArcGIS\Chapter17\Ex17aData\streets.shp. Set output to C:\GTKArcGIS\Chapter17\MyData\AtlantaCustomers .
  - Show New US Streets with Zone dialog box
- Exercise 17b, p. 459: Matching Addresses
  - Show map at Step 18, p. 465.
- Exercise 17c, p. 467: Rematching Addresses
  - Show map at Step 21, p. 477.

Be prepared to answer the following questions from Ormsby, Chapter 17 (Geocoding Addresses).

 
 CHAPTER 17: GEOCODING ADDRESSES

1. What is geocoding? P. 448
2. What happens if you geocode address data to a 
reference polygon layer, such as zip codes? Pp. 448-449
3. What is output as a result of geocoding? P. 449
4. What is an address locator? P. 450
5. What does the Source tab do at the bottom of the toc? 
P. 451
6. How do you create an address locator? Pp. 459-466
7. How do you find an address using an address locator 
you created? Pp. 465-469
8. How do you geocode a set of addresses using an address locator you created? Pp. 451-457
9. What is re-matching and how do you do it? Pp. 467-478

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