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geocoding service

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  1. [Esri software, geocoding] A secured connection to a specified geocode service and locator. The locator translates a nonspatial description of a place—such as a street address—into spatial data that can be displayed as a feature on a map. The geocode service performs the following functions:

    • It defines the paths to the reference data source and the file of nonspatial data; 
    • Provides the algorithms and parameters for standardizing, reading, and matching addresses to reference data; and 
    • Generates the output spatial data to client applications. 

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