ArcGIS Solutions for State and Local Government Address Collection
Address collection is a crucial component of any plan for managing customer data. It ensures that the addresses on the company's database correspond to addresses on customers' proof of address documents, such as pay stubs and tax returns.
A centralized contact database can also be useful for sending out wedding invitations and holiday cards, as well as for managing other personal projects. Here are some tips on how to collect and organize 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 aid in maintaining an authoritative address repository, continually improve the quality of address data, and share authoritative addresses with internal and external stakeholders. The solution comes with a project for ArcGIS Pro that is designed to be used by mapping teams and address verification teams and other individuals who are responsible for collecting, maintaining and utilizing authoritative road centerlines and valid site addresses. It also includes a series 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 procedure that consists of the collection of postal and site addresses for all buildings, structures and sites that require a unique identification number. This information is crucial for the creation of a street and road network that promotes secure and efficient commerce.
Following the steps of the Add Site Addresses Task You can create a new feature in the Address Data Management task. Site addresses are specific to the structure they serve or a specific area within the parcel. For instance, a site address may be the entry point for a driveway serving one or more houses on one parcel. The address could also be an address for a location to deliver services like the fire station.
When you create a new website address, you can optionally connect one or more distinct postal addresses to it. Postal addresses are linked to buildings or other structures and provide contact information for its owner or its occupant. The site address feature classification and type schema is based on a status field that permits local governments to classify features as pending, temporary or even current.
Imagine you are a supervisor in an address authority, and your team has been assigned to verify a incorrect address report provided by an outside stakeholder. Using the ArcGIS Workforce app, open the Address Field Inventory map and look up the address in the query. Select the address that is missing and then click Edit. Enter the correct address details including the street's name and the municipality. Then tap Submit (iOS) or the check mark (Android).
ArcGIS Pro Project
An ArcGIS Pro project provides a place for you to organize your work, store files, and access many tools and features. A project could be an array of scenes, maps, layouts, layers, and layers that present your data in the way you prefer to view it. It may include links to databases, folders as well as resources for importing or exporting data.
Each item in a project has a set of attributes that define it or its metadata. The metadata of a project can help you to find items, assess and determine which ones are appropriate for your current project. It can be used to record the content of a project. A good example of metadata could be the description and name of a map or scene. You can modify the metadata for each item within a project by clicking on the Properties button on the toolbar or in the Details window.
ArcGIS Pro is reusable. The project's components (such as maps and scenes) can be transferred to other projects. Project components (such tools or geodatabases) can also be transferred from one location to another. A lot of items can be accessed via connections, without the need to store them in the project file.
When you start ArcGIS Pro, the Project tab appears on the home page. It offers options to open a recent project or create a brand new project from an existing template. For instance, you can create a new project using the Map template, which opens with a map view showing an elevation basemap.
You can save your project to either a folder on your local computer, or to the portal that is active. The default location for your project is C: Users username> Documents ArcGIS Projects. If you would like to save your project into a folder, you can search for the Create folder for this project from the New Project dialog.
It's a good idea to keep your data, ArcGIS Pro installation, and project files on the same computer to cut down on the amount of communication. In some cases however, it's impossible to find these components on the same computer, or you may want to share your project files, data and other resources on networks.
Data Assistant Add-in
The Data Assistant Add-in provides a set of focused tools organized on the Data Assistant toolbar. These tools allow you to create source-target configuration files, and load or replace data.
When utilized in conjunction with the Community Data Aggregation solution These tools allow the personnel from the organization to transform and load data sources into a community layer, and schedule automated updates to the layer regularly. These tools let you modify the solution to fit 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 layers of 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. It is essential to close all open ArcGIS apps before you can start an entirely new ArcGIS Pro. After installation you can start the add-in by clicking on the Data Assistant icon in the ArcGIS Pro toolbar.
You can create an Data Mapping File by using the Configure Data Mapping Dialog Box once the Data Assistant Addin has been started. This allows you to define field mapping and settings for a specific source-target configuration file. Once set, the Replace Data tool will replace the data in the target layer from the source layer based on the settings selected. This tool also supports the ability to stage results in local databases and skip final processing by replacing data only on a small subset of records.
Data Management
Address data is crucial to most businesses and needs to be accurate, reliable, and standardized. It doesn't matter if it's for routing mail, providing location services on a site, or marketing to prospects and customers bad data could be devastating. This is the reason it's vital that all businesses implement an effective system for managing addresses.
A system to manage addresses is a method to maintain a consistent and verified list of addresses. It allows you to manage your address database easily and ensure it adheres to the guidelines set by the postal authority of your country. It lets you validate or correct incorrect address information that is provided by external or internal stakeholders.
For example for instance, the USPS maintains a list of verified addresses and provides the certification CASS (Coding Accuracy Support System). CASS-certified solutions such as PostGrid can connect directly to the official USPS database and instantly verify an address. This will save time and improve data accuracy.
This problem can be solved by creating an authoritative address repository to accommodate a variety of information needs and continuously improving it through data quality processes. To accomplish this it is necessary to create an address standard, improve processes to capture and store information, develop audit controls, assign the right to this information and ensure that it is accessible to all stakeholders.
An effective approach is to incorporate the process of collecting addresses in your company's overall master data management strategy. MDM manages a variety of different critical business data types such as address data. By connecting your address verification API into your MDM it is possible to cleanse and update the data in real time, without the need for manual effort.
You can begin collecting and managing addresses by establishing an ArcGIS Work Assignment and adding any person who is responsible for verifying address in the field with a Mobile Worker Role to the Address Assignments ArcGIS Workforce Project. Then, they'll travel out into the field and use the application to gather new addresses and verify the information collected from crowdsourced sources. When they're completed, they can upload the addresses back to the office assigned to them in the office to get them added to the authoritative site address layer and marked as incorporated.