ArcGIS Solutions for State and Local Government Address Collection
Address collection is an important component of any plan for managing customer data. It ensures that the addresses in the database of the company correspond to addresses on customers documents that show proof of address, such as pay statements and tax returns.
A central database of contacts can be used to manage personal projects like sending holiday cards or wedding invitations. Here are some ideas on how to collect and organize contact information in the most straightforward way you can.
ArcGIS Solutions for State and Local Government
The ArcGIS Solutions for State and Local Government solution provides a set of capabilities that aid in maintaining an authoritative address repository, continuously improve the quality of data on addresses and share authoritative addresses with internal and external stakeholders. The solution comes with an ArcGIS Pro project designed to be utilized by mapping technicians, address verification teams and other personnel responsible for the gathering, maintenance and use of road centerlines that are authoritative and valid site addresses and related postal addresses. It also includes a preconfigured ArcGIS Data Reviewer check that can be used to validate maintaining, enhancing, and confirming the accuracy of address information.
Address data capture is the process of collecting postal and site addresses for all structures or structures, sites, and buildings that require an identification number. This information is essential to the creation of a road and street network that facilitates safe and efficient commerce.
The Address Data Management task lets you create a brand new site address feature by following the steps of the Add Site Addresses task. Site addresses are unique for the location or structure they serve within a parcel. For instance, a site address may be the entry point for a driveway which serves one or more houses on one parcel. The address of the site could also be the point of contact for a service delivery location, such as an emergency response station.
When you create a new website address, you can optionally connect one or more distinct postal addresses with it. Postal addresses serve to identify a building or any other structure, and provide contact information for the owner or the person who occupies it. The feature type for addresses on the site and classification schema is based upon the status field, which lets local governments categorize features into pending, temporary or current.
Assume click through the following web page are a supervisor for 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 point of address and then click Edit. Enter the correct details for the address, which includes a street name and municipality. Then tap Submit (iOS) or the check mark (Android).
ArcGIS Pro Project
ArcGIS Pro projects allow you to organize and save your work. They also offer access to a range of tools and features. A project can be an array of maps, scenes, layouts, layers, and layers that display your data as you would like to see it. It may also include hyperlinks to databases, folders as well as resources for importing or exporting data.
Each item in a project includes a set of attributes that describe it, or its metadata. The metadata of a project will help you to find items, assess and determine which ones are best for your current project. It can also be used to document the project's contents. Metadata can be used to describe a map, or a scene. By clicking the Properties button on the toolbar or the Details window, enables you to edit the metadata for each item in the Project.
ArcGIS Pro projects are reusable--the items in them (such as scenes and maps) can be copied to other projects. Also, project components (such as toolboxes and geodatabases) can be moved or changed from one location to another. In addition, many items can be accessed via connections without having to be stored within the project file.
The Project tab appears on the start page of ArcGIS Pro. You can choose to open a recently completed project or create a completely new project by using templates. For instance, you could create a new project using the Map template, which opens with a map view that displays an elevation basemap.
You can save your project to a location on your local computer or to a folder in your active portal. The default location for projects is C: Users username> Documents ArcGIS Projects. If you want to save your project into a folder you can check the Create folder for this project from the New Project dialog.
It is a good idea to keep your data, ArcGIS Pro installation, and project files on the same computer to reduce the amount of communication. In some cases however, you may not be able to find these components on the same computer or you might prefer to share your data, project files and other resources on a network.
Data Assistant Add-in
The Data Assistant Add-in provides a set of targeted tools arranged on a Data Assistant toolbar. These tools allow you to create source and target configuration files, as well as load or replace data.
These tools, when used in conjunction the Community Data Aggregation Solution, allow staff to transform and load sources of data into a layer that can be used by a community and automate updates on a regular base. These tools let you customize the solution for your company.
To utilize the Data Assistant add-in, you must install it on every ArcGIS Pro machine that will be used to migrate data to one or more layer in the community. To download the add-in, navigate to the Content section of ArcGIS and click on the Data Assistant item.
After the add-in has been downloaded, follow the installation instructions to install it. After installing, you must close all open ArcGIS applications prior to opening another ArcGIS Pro session. Once you have installed the add-in, you can launch the add-in by clicking on the Data Assistant icon in the ArcGIS Pro toolbar.
After the Data Assistant Add-in has been activated and you are able to create an Data Mapping file by using the Configure Data Mapping dialog box. This allows you to define the mapping of fields and settings for a specific source-target configuration file. Once configured, you can run the Replace Data tool to replace data in the target dataset from the source layer based on the settings you have selected. This tool also has the possibility of storing results in a local database and skip the final processing by replacing data only on a small subset of records.
Data Management
Address data is crucial for most businesses and has to be accurate, reliable, and standardized. For example, whether it's routing mail, offering location services on a site or promoting to potential customers and clients poor data can be disastrous. This is why it's crucial to ensure that all businesses have an effective address management system.
A system for managing addresses is a method to maintain a standard and verified list of addresses. It allows you to manage your address database easily and ensure that it is in line with the guidelines set by the postal authority of your country. It lets you verify or correct inaccurate address information that is provided by external or internal stakeholders.
USPS, for example maintains a database with verified addresses. It also offers a certification known as CASS (Coding Accuracy System). Solutions that have been certified by CASS like PostGrid can connect directly to the official USPS database and instantly verify an address. This can save you time and increase the quality of data.
The solution to this issue is to build an authoritative address repository that meets various information needs and to continuously improve it through data quality processes. To achieve this goal, you must development of an address standard, enhancing processes for capturing and storing address information, establishing audit controls, establishing ownership over this information set and ensuring that it is available to all stakeholders.
A good idea is to incorporate the address collection process into your organization's overall master data management strategy. MDM handles a range of business data types, including address data. Integrating your address verification API with your MDM allows you to update and cleanse data in real-time without any manual effort.
You can begin collecting and managing addresses by establishing an ArcGIS Work Assignment and adding the person responsible for verifying address in the field using a mobile Worker Role to the Address Assignments ArcGIS Workforce Project. They can then go in the field to collect new addresses, and verify the data collected by crowdsourcing. After they've completed the task, they can upload their addresses to the office work assignment to have them added to the database and added to the authoritative layer of site addresses.