An Intermediate Guide For Address Collection
ArcGIS Solutions for State and Local Government Address Collection
Address collection is an important aspect of any plan for managing customer data. It ensures that the addresses in the company's database are in line with those on the customers' proof of address documents like pay tax returns and stubs.
A central contact database can be used to send out wedding invitations and holiday cards, and also for managing other personal projects. Here are some ideas on how to organize and collect contact information in the simplest method possible.
ArcGIS Solutions for State and Local Government
The ArcGIS Solutions for State and Local Government solution offers a set of capabilities that assist in maintaining an authoritative address repository, continually improve the quality of data on addresses and share authoritative addresses with both internal and external stakeholders. The solution comes with an ArcGIS Pro project designed to be used by mapping technicians, address verification crews and other staff responsible for the maintenance, collection, and use of road centerlines that are authoritative, valid site addresses, and associated postal addresses. It also includes preconfigured ArcGIS Data Reviewer check that can be used to verify maintaining, enhancing, and confirming the integrity of address information.
Address data capture is a procedure that involves the gathering of site and postal addresses for all buildings, structures, and sites that require an identification number. The capture of this information is a necessary step in the development of a reliable street and road network that enables efficient and safe trade and service delivery.
The Address Data Management task lets you create a brand new site address feature by following the steps in the Add Site Addresses task. Site addresses are unique to the location or structure they serve within the parcel. A site address could be the entry point to a driveway that is used by one or more houses on a parcel. Site addresses can also be used as a contact point for a service location, such an emergency response station.
When you create a new website address, you are able to join one or more distinct postal addresses to it. Postal addresses are used to identify a building, or other structure and provide contact details for the owner or the occupant. The site address feature classification and type schema is built on a status field which permits local governments to classify features as pending, temporary or even current.
Assume you are a supervisor for an addressing authority and your team is assigned to verify an inaccurate address report 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 tap Edit. Enter the correct information for the address, including a street name and municipality. Tap Submit (iOS) or the checkmark (Android).
ArcGIS Pro Project
An ArcGIS Pro project provides a location to organize your work, store files, and use many tools and functionality. A project could be a combination of maps, scenes layers, layouts, and layers to display your data in the way you would like it. It can include links to databases, folders and resources for importing and exporting data.
Each item in a particular project is accompanied by a set or attributes that define it or its metadata. The metadata of a project can assist you to find items, analyze and decide which ones are appropriate for your particular task. It can be used to record a project's content. Metadata can be used to describe a map or an entire scene. You can edit the metadata for each item in an application by clicking the Properties button on the toolbar or in the Details window.
ArcGIS Pro projects are reusable--the elements within them (such as maps and scenes) can be transferred to other projects. Project components (such a geodatabases or toolboxes) are also able to be moved from one place to another. In addition, many items can be accessed through connections without being stored within the project file.
The Project tab is on the start page of ArcGIS Pro. You can choose to open a newly completed project or create a brand new project by using templates. You can create a project by using the Map template. This opens a map with an topographic basemap.
You can save your project to either the local computer or to the portal that is active. The default project location is C: Users username> Documents ArcGIS Projects. If you choose to save the project to a folder, you can select the Create a folder for this local project checkbox on the New Project dialog box.
If possible, it's a good practice to locate your data, ArcGIS Pro installations, and project files on the same machine to cut down on round-trip time for communication. You may not be able to locate all of these components on a single computer or you may prefer sharing files, data, and other resources over the internet.
Data Assistant Add-in
The Data Assistant Addin is a collection of tools that are placed in the Data Assistant Toolbar. These tools let you create source-target configuration files, and 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 schedule automated updates on a regular base. Utilizing these tools, you can configure the solution to meet specific requirements of your business.
Install this hyperlink -in on each ArcGIS Pro computer that will be used to migrate data to one or more layers of community. To download the add-in for free, go to the Content section of your ArcGIS company and click on the Data Assistant item.
After the add-in has been downloaded Follow the installation instructions to install it. Close all open ArcGIS applications before you start a new ArcGIS Pro. After the add-in has been installed, you can open it by clicking on the Data Assistant icon located in the ArcGIS Pro Toolbar.
Once the Data Assistant Add-in is launched it is possible to create the Data Mapping file by using the Configure Data Mapping dialog box. This dialog box lets you to define the field mapping and settings of a source-target configuration. Once the configuration file is set you can then run the Replace Data tool to replace the data in the target layer from the source layer according to the selected setting. This tool also has the possibility of storing results in a local database and bypass the final process by replacing data only on a small subset of records.
Data Management
Address data is vital for most companies. It must be accurate and reliable, as well as standardized. Bad data can have disastrous effects, whether it's for routing mail or location services on a site, or marketing to clients and potential customers. It is therefore vital to implement an address management system.
An address management system is a method to maintain a standard and validated set of addresses. It allows you to keep your address database up-to current and ensures that it is in line with national guidelines, like the ones provided by your national postal authority of your country. It allows you to validate or correct inaccurate address information provided by internal or external stakeholders.
USPS, for example maintains a database with verified addresses. It also provides the certification known as CASS (Coding Accuracy System). Solutions that have been certified by CASS such as PostGrid can directly connect to the official USPS database and instantly verify an address. This can save time and improve accuracy of data.
The solution to this problem is to establish an authoritative address repository that supports diverse information needs and continuously improve it through data quality processes. To achieve this goal you must create an address standard, enhance processes to store and capture data, create audit controls, assign the responsibility for this information, and ensure that it is accessible to all parties.
A good idea is to integrate the address collection process in your company's overall master data management strategy. MDM is an instrument that manages numerous types of vital business data, including address data. By integrating your address verification API with your MDM it is possible to clean and update the data in real-time, without manual intervention.
You can begin collecting and managing addresses by creating 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 will then be able to go out in the field to collect new addresses and verify the data collected by crowdsourcing. Once they've completed their task they can add their addresses to the office work assignment to get them marked as incorporated and included in the authoritative layer of site addresses.