HOW TO
The following process provides the steps necessary to remove the deprecated ArcGIS Locators and add the new World Geocoding Service to the default locators XML file. This can be useful if ArcGIS Desktop 10.0 is being used and it is desirable to use the World Geocoding Service for single address search on the Geocoding toolbar.
Follow these steps to remove the deprecated ArcGIS 10.0 locators and add the World Geocoding Service to the list of default locators:
C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0\Locators
<!-- ArcGIS Online World geocode service --> <locator_ref> <name>World</name> <display_name>World Geocode Service (ArcGIS Online)</display_name> <workspace_properties> <factory_progid>esriGISClient.AGSServerConnectionFactory</factory_progid> <ags_connection_properties> <url>http://geocode.arcgis.com/arcgis/services</url> </ags_connection_properties> </workspace_properties> </locator_ref> <!-- MGRS locator --> <locator_ref> <name>MGRS</name> <display_name>MGRS (Military Grid Reference System)</display_name> <workspace_properties> <path></path> </workspace_properties> </locator_ref> </default_locators>
Note: Since the new file no longer includes references to the old online locators, and has the reference to the World Geocoding service, ArcGIS should now connect to the World Geocoding service rather than the old version 10 services.
Alternatively, an updated copy of the "DefaultLocators.xml" may downloaded and extracted from the link below and used to replace the existing DefaultLocators.xml.
Follow these steps to replace the DefaultLocators.xml that includes deprecated ArcGIS 10.0 locators with a DefaultLocators.xml that includes the World Geocoding Service instead:
Note: This XML document has already been modified to remove references to the deprecated online locators and add the reference to the World Geocoding service.
C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0
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