The Geocoding tool turns a list of addresses into a point layer, ready to use with any of the other TravelTime tools. It doesn’t use ArcGIS credits, and it doesn’t count towards your Hits Per Minute limit.
1. Choose your addresses
Open Geocoding from the Other toolset of the TravelTime toolbox. For Input Table, choose a CSV file, an Excel workbook (then pick the sheet) or any table already in your project. If you’ve selected rows in the table, only those rows are geocoded.
For Address Field, choose the column with the addresses. Rows with a blank address are skipped.
2. Narrow down the search (optional)
Within Country: limit matches to the countries you choose. Leave it blank to search worldwide.
Bounds: limit matches to an area, such as the current map extent or a layer’s extent.
Results per Address: how many matches to return for each address, best first, from 1 to 50. The default is 1.
Fields To Keep: columns to copy from your table onto each point, such as an ID.
Restricting by country or area makes a big difference to accuracy when place names appear in more than one country.
3. Run it and check the results
The output is a point layer with one point per match. Useful fields:
searched address: the address that was geocodedscore: how confident the match is, from 0 to 1input_row: which row of your table the point came fromthe matched address, split into parts such as
street,postcode,cityandcountrylongitudeandlatitude
Addresses that couldn’t be matched are listed in a warning that names the rows. Sort by score to find weaker matches worth checking. With Robust Mode on (the default), the tool only fails if no address could be geocoded at all.
Before using the points elsewhere
Remove or fix any rows that didn’t match before you use the layer in other tools. Blank and unmatched rows are one of the most common causes of errors. See ArcGIS troubleshooting guide.
Full parameter details are in the Geocoding docs.