{"id":188651,"date":"2012-12-07T21:14:57","date_gmt":"2012-12-08T05:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=188651"},"modified":"2018-12-18T10:31:57","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T18:31:57","slug":"world-geocoding-in-arcgis-for-desktop-10-1-sp1","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-desktop\/analytics\/world-geocoding-in-arcgis-for-desktop-10-1-sp1","title":{"rendered":"World Geocoding in ArcGIS for Desktop 10.1 SP1"},"author":3941,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23341],"tags":[25091,33901],"industry":[],"product":[36551,36991],"class_list":["post-188651","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analytics","tag-geocoding","tag-world-geocoding","product-arcgis-online","product-arcgis-desktop"],"acf":{"short_description":"Hello All\r\n\r\nCoincident with ArcGIS 10.1 SP1, the on-line geocoding locators visible to ArcGIS for Desktop were replaced by the new World geocoding","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Hello All<\/p>\n<p>Coincident with ArcGIS 10.1 SP1, the on-line geocoding locators visible to ArcGIS for Desktop were replaced by the new World geocoding service.\u00a0 This service provides street-level geocoding for many more countries than the previous services and will continue to expand in coverage and take advantage of continuous updates, like ArcGIS in general.<\/p>\n<p>Using your organizational credentials, you can add the GIS Service from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/geocode.arcgis.com\/arcgis\/rest\/services\">http:\/\/geocode.arcgis.com\/arcgis\/services<\/a>\u00a0and perform batch geocoding.\u00a0 Interactive address finding and address inspection against this service is available from the geocoding toolbar in ArcMap and does not require authentication.<\/p>\n<p>Batch geocoding using the World service requires an ArcGIS Online subscription and will consume credits.\u00a0 Please see a description of the service here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/geocode.arcgis.com\/arcgis\/index.html#\/Batch_geocoding\/02q000000004000000\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/geocode.arcgis.com\/arcgis\/ind\u20260000004000000\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The old locators used prior to SP1 are currently still accessible at the following URL, but will go offline on December 31st 2013:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tasks.arcgisonline.com\/arcgis\/services\">http:\/\/tasks.arcgisonline.com\/arcgis\/services<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why has Esri made this change? 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