Geocoding services

Geocoding is the process of transforming location data—for example, an address or a place-name—to spatial data, such as coordinates or a complete address. Batch geocoding and reverse geocoding fall into this category.

Find address candidate

Note:

The Find address candidate action has been deprecated from the ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Online (ArcGIS) connectors. You can use the Find address candidates action with these connectors instead to retrieve a list of potential address candidates. You can continue using this action with the ArcGIS PaaS connector.

You can locate the top matching address candidate for a location using ArcGIS World Geocoder, which is also known as an address search. This service provides information about a place, including the address, coordinate location, and match score. The more information provided about an input address, the more precise a result is. The result of this action is the best match of possible address candidates. The address candidate contains useful information, such as the geometry of a location, and can be used in other actions in a flow.

Available connectors

• ArcGIS PaaS

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Store results?	forStorage	Yes	boolean	Specify whether the results of the operation will be persisted.
Address	address	No	string	Street address
Region	region	No	string	Region
City	city	No	string	City
ZIP or postal code	postal	No	string	ZIP or postal code
Country	country	No	string	Country
Match type	locationType	No	string	Specify whether to use rooftop or street entrance location for the geometry output.
Spatial reference system	srs	No	string	Select the spatial reference system.

Find address candidates

Use this action to locate a list of address candidates using either ArcGIS World Geocoder or another custom geocoder. This service provides information about a place, including the address, coordinate location, and match score. The more information provided about an input address, the more precise a result is. This action also supports single-line inputs, so you can use dynamic content from a feature layer field containing full addresses. The result of this action is a list of possible address candidates and corresponding location information. For example, enter 380 New York Street as the first line of an address. As a result, you can find all possible candidates for that address and a match score. You can select the candidate you were looking for and use that information in other actions in a flow. For more information, see the Esri Developer documentation about the find address candidates operation.

Available connectors

• ArcGIS Online (ArcGIS)
• ArcGIS Enterprise
• ArcGIS PaaS

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Geocoder	geocoder	Yes	string	Select an available geocoder.
Match type	locationType	No	string	Specify whether to use rooftop or street entrance location for the geometry output.
Spatial reference system	srs	No	string	Select the spatial reference system.

Geocode addresses

Use this action to find multiple (batch) addresses, place-names, and businesses to add to a new or existing dataset. When using this action, you can use either ArcGIS World Geocoder or another custom geocoder. For example, you can input a Microsoft SharePoint list of addresses to receive a list of coordinates. This data then can be used to create maps in ArcGIS for SharePoint. For more information, see the Esri Developer documentation about the geocode addresses operation.

Available connectors

• ArcGIS Online (ArcGIS)
• ArcGIS Enterprise
• ArcGIS PaaS

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Geocoder	geocoder	Yes	string	Select an available geocoder.
Addresses	addresses	Yes	string	Enter an array of addresses.

Reverse geocode

Use this action to return information about all the address fields pertaining to a particular x,y location. When using this action, you can use either ArcGIS World Geocoder or another custom geocoder. For example, enter -79.3871, 43.6436 to return CN Tower, 301 Front Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5V, CAN. For more information, see the Esri Developer documentation about the reverse geocode operation.

Available connectors

• ArcGIS Online (ArcGIS)
• ArcGIS Enterprise
• ArcGIS PaaS

Parameters

Name	Key	Required	Type	Description
Geocoder	geocoder	Yes	string	Select an available geocoder.
Longitude (X)	x	Yes	number	Longitude (X)
Latitude (Y)	y	Yes	number	Latitude (Y)
Spatial reference system	srs	No	string	Select the spatial reference system.
Match type	locationType	No	string	Specify whether to use rooftop or street entrance location for the geometry output.