Address Collection - How to Make Sense of Your Data
Address collection may seem like a daunting task. It's important to collect clean information, whether you're collecting information for weddings, holiday cards, or even for parties.
Businesses can save time and money by using valid addresses. Invalid addresses lead to returned mail, extra fees and missed opportunities. Address verification tools can help reduce costs by ensuring that addresses are correct.
ArcGIS Solutions for State and Local Government
Address collection is essential for local governments and is a key component of geospatial data management. Many governments struggle to manage authoritative address repositories. They require simple workflows to aid in capturing the physical location of an address earlier in the development process and standard map tools to inform decision-makers and the general public about the quality of their addresses, and tools to share authoritative addresses with other agencies.
To meet these needs, local government staff are using Esri solutions. These pre-built maps and applications are configured around specific workflows, making it easy for local governments of all sizes and levels of geospatial expertise to adopt them for improved efficiency and insight.
According to Scott Oppmann, State and Local Government Solutions Team Director, Esri, solutions are organized into categories that represent "the most commonly-used requirements in local and state government." To see the full list of the capabilities available go here.
Address Field Inventory, for instance, comes with a set of tasks to help you create an address layer built on a list or verified sites collected through an online form. The feature layers can be used to create USNG coordinates and a related mailing address. Additionally this solution allows you to split a road at a defined point, calculate municipal boundaries and update the address characteristics in the master road name table.
Another illustration of an Esri solution is Managing Address Field Operations, designed to assist address authorities collect missing or inaccurate address information from external and internal stakeholders. It lets office staff assign a task to field workers, who make use of the address crowdsourcing tool on mobile devices to check submitted addresses and to record new addresses that are observed out in the field. The data is automatically added into appropriate database tables to be processed and then published.
The solution allows office staff to assign tasks by giving them the option of confirming existing set address data using the specified accuracy level. This helps them identify errors, like duplicates or mismatched addresses, in the database. The information is then transferred to the master address database to improve the data quality and make the database more accurate.
Reverse Geocode Geoprocessing Tool
Reverse geocoding can be used to understand data, whether you're trying to determine the location of a company or just want to know which areas are most profitable. Many mobile apps such as Uber and Lyft rely on reverse-geocoding to convert raw GPS coordinates into information drivers can understand. Retail chains use it to understand customer shopping habits, while urban planners can combine data on address with population density to decide the best location to build new public facilities.
The Reverse Geocode tool turns point locations within a feature class into addresses by searching for the closest address or intersection based on the distance of search. It can be used to reverse-geocode single or multiple points. The output is well-structured and ready to be integrated into other systems or tools.
It supports both custom and standard formats of address data, including the standard attributes X, Y of a Point Address feature, as well as IDs for POIs (Point of Interest). You can also specify which location type the matching geometry is. It could be a routing location (a street side location that can be used to route) or the parcel's centroid or rooftop of an address.
Additionally you can make use of the tool to create a composite locator by linking two or more existing locators together. If it is unable to locate the address using the local information, the resulting locator will fallback on ArcGIS World Geocoding.
Reverse geocoding is a costly process. This is particularly relevant if you work with a lot of coordinates. You'll have to keep within Esri's free usage threshold--which is approximately 200 thousand monthly requests or you'll be charged. Another option is to purchase a service that will convert coordinates into addresses in bulk for you.
As a final note it's crucial to confirm the accuracy of any address information that you receive from customers via reverse geocoding. This can be done using an address verification API that is CASS certified, such as PostGrid. This will ensure that the addresses you use in your direct mail campaigns can be delivered and are able to be delivered to your customers.
Data Assistant Add-in
The Data Assistant addin contains a collection of tools to assist you in transferring data between different datasets that have different data structures. These tools can be used for various tasks, including combining several sources into a single target field or splitting up a string into multiple fields to be used as targets.
To utilize 링크모음 add-in, you must first install it. Click the Start button then select Control Panel, then Add or remove programs. After that, look for Microsoft Data Assistant 1.0 and follow the instructions on screen to uninstall it.
After the Data Assistant add-in is installed you can set it up to create a source-target configuration files and then load or replace data from the file. The Data Mapping tool also includes several methods that you can employ to convert data between different formats and to handle specific characters.
Read How to use Data Assistant Add-in to learn more about how it can assist you in meeting your address collection needs. This guide will provide information on how to use the Data Assistant add-in and how to perform workflows to collect and update data on parcels and populate community layers.
Data Validation Tool
A reliable address validation tool is a powerful tool that helps businesses maintain data integrity and operational efficiencies. It ensures that the correct address is used for mailing and invoices are sent to the right customer and marketing campaigns are sent to the right audience. When choosing a validation tool, choose one that offers seamless integration into business processes as well as extensive coverage across all countries. You should also look at pricing structures and choose tools with a high ROI.
It is crucial to make sure that the initial entering addresses is accurate regardless of whether it's on handwritten forms in the retail store, or electronically when you check out online, or integrated data from CRM systems. This will reduce shipping errors and returns and ultimately boost customer satisfaction and loyalty. This goes beyond an easy postal code or ZIP lookup. It requires a thorough approach to address collection and validation.
This process begins with a sophisticated data parsing tool that breaks down an address into its distinct components, including the street name, the city, and postal code. Next, the tool matches these pieces with commercial databases to confirm their accuracy. It then standardizes the address to be in line to international postal standards including changing extended forms into standard abbreviations and capitalization.
The address is geocoded to verify its place of residence. This step is particularly important for companies operating globally. It helps them calculate shipping costs in a precise manner, and to provide transparency to customers. This decreases the chance of costly delays resulting from incomplete or inaccurate data. A robust geocoding API can assist businesses in complying with international shipping regulations and avoid issues with customs.
Once the address is verified, it's updated automatically in CRM systems and enterprise resource planning systems, ensuring that every contact with a customer, shipment, or service delivery is based on accurate data. The precise information about addresses can also speed up logistics processes by reducing the logistics, procurement and delivery of services.