ArcGIS Solutions for State and Local Government Address Collection

Address collection is a critical component of any management plan for customer data. It ensures that the addresses on the company's database are in line with those on the customers' proof of address documents like pay stubs and tax returns.

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ArcGIS Solutions for State and Local Government

The ArcGIS Solutions for State and Local Government offers a range of capabilities that allow you to keep a database of authoritative addresses as well as enhance the quality of the data on addresses and share authoritative addresses with both external and internal stakeholders. The solution comes with an ArcGIS Pro project designed to be utilized by mapping technicians, address verification crews and other staff responsible for the collection, maintenance and use of authoritative road centerlines as well as valid site addresses and associated postal addresses. It also comes with a set of preconfigured ArcGIS Data Reviewer checks that can be used to validate, maintain, and improve the accuracy of address data.

Address data capture is a process that involves the collection of site and postal addresses for all buildings, structures and sites that require an identification number. This information is essential to the creation of a road and street network that encourages safe and efficient commerce.

The Address Data Management task lets you create a new address for your site feature by following the steps in the Add Site Addresses task. Site addresses are unique to the structure they are serving or a specific location within a parcel. For instance the site address could be the entry point for a driveway serving one or more homes on a single parcel. The address of the site could also be an address for a delivery point, such as an emergency response station.

You can add one or more distinct postal addresses to an address. Postal addresses are associated with buildings or other structures and provide contact information for the owner or the its occupant. The site address feature classification and type schema is built on a status field which permits local governments to categorize features as temporary, pending or even current.

Assume you are a supervisor of an address authority and your team is tasked to verify an inaccurate address report received from an external stakeholder. Open the Address Field Inventory map in the ArcGIS Workforce App and search for the address. Select the missing address and then tap Edit. Enter the correct address details, including the street name and the municipality. Tap Submit (iOS), or the checkmark (Android).

ArcGIS Pro Project

An ArcGIS Pro project provides a space to organize your work, save files, and access many tools and functionality. A project can be a combination of scenes, maps, layers, and layouts to display your data the way you want it. It may also include connections to databases, folders, and resources for importing or exporting data.

Each item in a Project is accompanied by metadata that describes it. The metadata of a project will help you locate items, evaluate and decide which ones are best for your current project. It can also be used to record the project's contents. An example of metadata would be the name and description of a scene or map. You can modify the metadata for each item within an application by clicking the Properties button on the toolbar, or in the Details window.

ArcGIS Pro is reusable. The elements within the project (such as maps and scenes) can be transferred to other projects. Also, components of the project (such as geodatabases and toolboxes) can be moved or changed from one location to another. In addition, many items can be accessed using connections without being stored in the project file itself.

The Project tab appears on the home page of ArcGIS Pro. You can choose to open a recently completed project or create a completely new project by using a template. For instance, you can create a new project by using the Map template that opens with a map view showing an elevation basemap.

You can save your project to an individual folder on your local computer, or to the active portal. The default location for projects is C: Users username> Documents ArcGIS Projects. If you choose to save the project to an appropriate folder, you can check the Create a folder for this local project checkbox on the New Project dialog box.


It's a good idea keep your data, ArcGIS Pro installation, and project files all on the same computer in order to cut down communication time. It's possible to locate all these components on one machine or you might prefer sharing data, project files and other resources via a network.

Data Assistant Add-in

The Data Assistant Add-in provides a set of focused tools organized on a Data Assistant toolbar. These tools let you create source-target configuration files and load or replace data.

These tools, when used conjunction the Community Data Aggregation Solution, enable staff to transform and load data sources into an aggregated layer for community use and automate updates on a regular basis. With these tools, you can set up the solution to meet the specific requirements of your business.

To utilize the Data Assistant Add-in you must install it on each ArcGIS Pro machine that will be used to transfer data to one or more community layers. To download the add in go to the Content section of ArcGIS and click on the Data Assistant item.

Follow the steps for installation after the add-in is downloaded. After installing, close any open ArcGIS applications prior to opening the new ArcGIS Pro session. Once the add-in is installed, you can open it by clicking on the Data Assistant icon located in the ArcGIS Pro Toolbar.

When the Data Assistant Add-in is installed, you can create the Data Mapping file by using the Configure Data Mapping dialog box. This lets you define field mappings and settings for a selected source-target configuration file. Once configured, you can run the Replace Data tool to replace data in the target dataset from the source layer according to the setting you choose. This tool also provides the capability to store results in local databases and avoid the final process by replacing data only on a small subset of records.

Data Management

Address data is crucial for all businesses and requires to be accurate, reliable, and standardized. Unreliable data can cause disastrous effects, whether it's for routing mail, the ability to locate a site or for marketing to customers and prospects. This is why it's essential that all businesses implement an effective system for managing addresses.

A system to manage addresses is a method to maintain a standard and verified list of addresses. It allows you to easily maintain your address database and ensure it adheres to the guidelines set by the national postal authority of your country. It lets you validate or correct inaccurate address information provided by internal or external stakeholders.

USPS for instance, maintains a database of verified addresses. 링크모음 offers the certification known as CASS (Coding Accuracy System). A modern solution like PostGrid is CASS-certified, which means that it is able to connect to the official USPS database to verify an address instantly. This will save you time and increase the quality of data.

The solution to this problem is to establish an authoritative address repository that meets different information requirements and constantly improve it through data quality processes. To achieve this goal, you must creation of an address standard, enhancing processes to collect and store address information, establishing audit controls, establishing the responsibility for this set of information and ensuring that it is available to all stakeholders.

An effective approach is to incorporate the address collection process into your organization's overall master data management strategy. MDM is a tool that deals with various types of crucial business data, including address information. Integrating your address verification API into your MDM allows you to update and clean data in real-time, without any manual effort.

You can begin collecting and managing addresses by creating an ArcGIS Work Assignment and adding anyone accountable for verifying address in the field using a mobile Worker Role to the Address Assignments ArcGIS Workforce Project. They will then be able to go out in the field to collect new addresses, and verify the data collected by crowdsourcing. Once they are completed, they can upload addresses to the assignment in the office to have them incorporated into the authoritative site address layer and marked incorporated.