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What’s New with the ArcGIS Geocoding Service? Explore March 2026 Updates

By Robert Jensen and Elizabeth Ole

Skyline of Sao Paulo at night, Brazil
Sao Paulo, Brazil

With the most recent updates to the ArcGIS Geocoding service, we’re excited to offer new capabilities and expand the content available in the service output.

Quality improvements

  • Address matching in Australia, Brazil, France, Guatemala, Portugal, Spain

API and service output changes

Match Narrative

  • To improve the experience of geocoding large set of addresses, the returnMatchNarrativeparameter is now supported for geocodeAddresses and batchGeocode requests.
  • To improve the use of match narrative codes in the service response, a new output field, matchNarrative, has been added to the responses for findAddressCandidates, geocodeAddresses, and batchGeocode requests. This new field returns the Match Narrative information as a string instead of a JSON object.

Intersection Matching

  • A new API parameter is available, excludeIntersectionType, is now supported for findAddressCandidates, geocodeAddresses, batchGeocode, and suggest requests. It allows you to exclude certain intersection types from your geocoded results.
  • There is now an additional value for the Type field – Virtual. This field value represents disconnected intersections where one street ends close to another.

Street Matching

  • Support for StreetBetween has been added for Canadian addresses.

 

Sunset over Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia

Learn More About the ArcGIS Geocoding Service

Ready to explore the enhanced capabilities of the ArcGIS Geocoding Service? Click here for more information.

Additional Resources

For a detailed overview of the improvements in this update, visit our What’s New page.

If you have any questions or need software support, don’t hesitate to contact our dedicated support team. For further details on our data coverage, check out the ArcGIS Geocoding Service Data Coverage page.

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