{"id":2319572,"date":"2024-06-04T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T16:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2319572"},"modified":"2025-07-22T12:08:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T19:08:50","slug":"geocode-from-r-using-arcgisgeocode","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/developers\/announcements\/geocode-from-r-using-arcgisgeocode","title":{"rendered":"Geocode from R using {arcgisgeocode}"},"author":340172,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37101,738191],"tags":[39801,774182,32391,25091,31611],"industry":[],"product":[36571,761642,36551,36861,36601],"class_list":["post-2319572","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-developers","tag-arcgis-developer-community","tag-arcgis-geocoding-service","tag-geocode","tag-geocoding","tag-r-arcgis-bridge","product-arcgis-enterprise","product-platform","product-arcgis-online","product-api-rest","product-developers"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":340172,"user_firstname":"Martha","user_lastname":"Bass","nickname":"Martha Bass","user_nicename":"mbass","display_name":"Martha Bass","user_email":"mbass@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2023-06-02 14:19:01","user_description":"Martha Bass is a Product Engineer on the Spatial Statistics team at Esri.","user_avatar":""},{"ID":354322,"user_firstname":"Josiah","user_lastname":"Parry","nickname":"Josiah Parry","user_nicename":"jparry","display_name":"Josiah Parry","user_email":"jparry@esri.com","user_url":"https:\/\/josiahparry.com","user_registered":"2024-03-06 19:22:54","user_description":"Josiah Parry is a Senior Product Engineer in Spatial Analytics and Data Science and helps lead the R-ArcGIS Bridge project.","user_avatar":""}],"short_description":"Learn to geocode addresses with {arcgisgeocode}, a new R package in the {arcgis} metapackage by the R-ArcGIS Bridge.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

With the new package {arcgisgeocode}<\/code><\/a>, which is part of the {arcgis}<\/a> metapackage and the R-ArcGIS Bridge<\/a>, you can now geocode directly from R! Geocoding is the process of identifying the location associated with an address. {arcgisgeocode}<\/code> enables users to do this – and so much more – with functions for address candidate identification, batch geocoding, reverse geocoding, and autocomplete location suggestions. You can use the ArcGIS World Geocoding Service<\/a> or even make use of custom locators created in ArcGIS Pro<\/a>, ArcGIS Online<\/a>, and ArcGIS Enterprise<\/a>, as shown in the example below. Let\u2019s take a quick look at how you can use {arcgisgeocode}<\/code> to locate bike shops in Tacoma, Washington.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

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Install and load the package<\/h3>\n

In your integrated development environment (IDE) of choice, install and load {arcgisgeocode}<\/code>:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

# install arcgisgeocode<\/span>\r\ninstall.packages(\"arcgisgeocode\"<\/span>)\r\n\r\n# load the package<\/span>\r\nlibrary(arcgisgeocode)\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"
You will also need the {arcgisutils}<\/code><\/a> package in order to authorize with an ArcGIS portal<\/a>. Follow the instructions in the linked documentation if you have not authorized using {arcgisutils}<\/code> before.<\/p>\n
# load arcgisutils<\/span>\r\nlibrary(arcgisutils)\r\n\r\n# set the token for authorization<\/span>\r\nset_arc_token(auth_user())\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/section>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"
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Read in bike shop addresses<\/h3>\n
First, load a non-spatial table of bike shop locations<\/a>. Add a field containing row numbers, which will serve as an ID for joining the inputs back to the geocoded results. When using geocode_addresses()<\/code>, the join field is named result_id<\/code>. For find_address_candidates()<\/code>, the join field is input_id<\/code>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"
# load the bike shop addresses<\/span>\r\ncsv <-<\/span> \"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/sharing\/rest\/content\/items\/9a9b91179ac44db1b689b42017471ae6\/data\"<\/span>\r\nbikeshops <-<\/span> readr::<\/span>read_csv(csv) |><\/span>\r\n  # add result_id field<\/span>\r\n  dplyr::<\/span>mutate(\r\n    result_id =<\/span> dplyr::<\/span>row_number()\r\n  )\r\nbikeshops\r\n#> # A tibble: 10 \u00d7 3<\/span>\r\n#>    store_name                           original_address               result_id<\/span>\r\n#>    <chr>                                <chr>                              <int><\/span>\r\n#>  1 Cascadia Wheel Co.                   3320 N Proctor St, Tacoma, WA\u2026         1<\/span>\r\n#>  2 Puget Sound Bike and Ski Shop        between 3206 N. 15th and 1414\u2026         2<\/span>\r\n#>  3 Takoma Bike & Ski                    3010 6th Ave, Tacoma, WA 98406         3<\/span>\r\n#>  4 Trek Bicycle Tacoma University Place 3550 Market Pl W Suite 102, U\u2026         4<\/span>\r\n#>  5 Opalescent Cyclery                   814 6th Ave, Tacoma, WA 98405          5<\/span>\r\n#>  6 Sound Bikes                          108 W Main, Puyallup, WA 98371         6<\/span>\r\n#>  7 Trek Bicycle Tacoma North End        3009 McCarver St, Tacoma, WA \u2026         7<\/span>\r\n#>  8 Second Cycle                         1205 M.L.K. Jr Way, Tacoma, W\u2026         8<\/span>\r\n#>  9 Penny bike co.                       6419 24th St NE, Tacoma, WA 9\u2026         9<\/span>\r\n#> 10 Spider's Bike, Ski & Tennis Lab      3608 Grandview St, Gig Harbor\u2026        10<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"
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Access the custom locator<\/h3>\n
Since the goal is to map bike shops in Tacoma, let\u2019s use the City of Tacoma\u2019s custom locator for geocoding. (Be sure to review the City of Tacoma\u2019s disclaimer<\/a> first.)<\/p>\n<\/section>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"
# create a GeocodeServer object for the Tacoma custom locator<\/span>\r\ntacoma_gc <-<\/span> geocode_server('https:\/\/gis.cityoftacoma.org\/arcgis\/rest\/services\/Locators\/Tacoma_Geocoding_Service\/GeocodeServer'<\/span>)\r\ntacoma_gc\r\n#> <GeocodeServer><\/span>\r\n#> Version: 10.81<\/span>\r\n#> CRS: 2927<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"
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Geocode the bike shops<\/h3>\n
To derive locations from the bike shop addresses, pass the original_address<\/code> column to the batch geocoding function, geocode_addresses()<\/code>. Then, join the results back to the original shop names and addresses.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"
# geocode<\/span>\r\ncandidates <-<\/span> geocode_addresses(\r\n   single_line =<\/span> bikeshops$original_address,\r\n   for_storage =<\/span> TRUE<\/span>,\r\n   geocoder =<\/span> tacoma_gc\r\n   )\r\n\r\n# reformat geocoded output<\/span>\r\ncandidates <-<\/span> candidates|><\/span>\r\n  # select the relevant geocoding result columns<\/span>\r\n  dplyr::<\/span>select(c<\/span>(result_id:<\/span>addr_type, geometry)) |><\/span>\r\n  # merge back to bikeshops<\/span>\r\n  dplyr::<\/span>left_join(bikeshops) |><\/span>\r\n  # rearrange columns for readability<\/span>\r\n  dplyr::<\/span>relocate(store_name:<\/span>original_address, .after =<\/span> result_id)\r\n\r\n# view the results<\/span>\r\ndplyr::<\/span>glimpse(candidates)\r\n#> Rows: 10<\/span>\r\n#> Columns: 11<\/span>\r\n#> $ result_id        <int> 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 6, 2, 8, 10, 9<\/span>\r\n#> $ store_name       <chr> \"Cascadia Wheel Co.\", \"Takoma Bike & Ski\", \"Trek Bicy\u2026<\/span>\r\n#> $ original_address <chr> \"3320 N Proctor St, Tacoma, WA 98407\", \"3010 6th Ave,\u2026<\/span>\r\n#> $ loc_name         <chr> NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA<\/span>\r\n#> $ status           <chr> \"M\", \"M\", \"M\", \"M\", \"M\", \"U\", \"M\", \"M\", \"U\", \"M\"<\/span>\r\n#> $ score            <dbl> 100.00, 100.00, 100.00, 100.00, 100.00, 0.00, 95.68, \u2026<\/span>\r\n#> $ match_addr       <chr> \"3320 N PROCTOR ST, Tacoma, WA, 98407\", \"3010 6TH AVE\u2026<\/span>\r\n#> $ long_label       <chr> \"3320 N PROCTOR ST, Tacoma, WA, 98407\", \"3010 6TH AVE\u2026<\/span>\r\n#> $ short_label      <chr> \"3320 N PROCTOR ST\", \"3010 6TH AVE\", \"3550 MARKET PL \u2026<\/span>\r\n#> $ addr_type        <chr> \"PointAddress\", \"PointAddress\", \"PointAddress\", \"Poin\u2026<\/span>\r\n#> $ geometry         <POINT [US_survey_foot]> POINT (1146741 715552.6), POINT (1149922 706941.5), P\u2026<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"
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Assess the candidates<\/h3>\n
Geocoded results return a status<\/code> and score<\/code> for each location, which help with evaluating the success of the geocoding operation. The status of a location can be M<\/code> (matched), U<\/code> (unmatched), or T<\/code> (tied). Let\u2019s see if any bike shop addresses were unmatched or tied.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"
# check for any status other than matched<\/span>\r\ncandidates |>\r\n   dplyr::<\/span>filter(status !=<\/span> \"M\"<\/span>]) |>\r\n   dplyr::<\/span>glimpse()\r\n#> Rows: 2<\/span>\r\n#> Columns: 11<\/span>\r\n#> $ result_id        <int> 6, 10<\/span>\r\n#> $ store_name       <chr> \"Sound Bikes\", \"Spider's Bike, Ski & Tennis Lab\"<\/span>\r\n#> $ original_address <chr> \"108 W Main, Puyallup, WA 98371\", \"3608 Grandview St,\u2026<\/span>\r\n#> $ loc_name         <chr> NA, NA<\/span>\r\n#> $ status           <chr> \"U\", \"U\"<\/span>\r\n#> $ score            <dbl> 0, 0<\/span>\r\n#> $ match_addr       <chr> NA, NA<\/span>\r\n#> $ long_label       <chr> NA, NA<\/span>\r\n#> $ short_label      <chr> NA, NA<\/span>\r\n#> $ addr_type        <chr> NA, NA<\/span>\r\n#> $ geometry         <POINT [US_survey_foot]> POINT EMPTY, POINT EMPTY<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"
Two bike shop addresses were not matched to a location in Tacoma. Upon reviewing the locations, these correspond to bike shops that are outside Tacoma city limits. You can remove these locations from your results. Then, view the score<\/code> values assigned to all of the matching locations.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"
# only use the matched locations<\/span>\r\ncandidates <-<\/span> candidates[candidates$<\/span>status ==<\/span> \"M\"<\/span>, ]\r\n\r\n# view the geocoding scores<\/span>\r\ncandidates$<\/span>score\r\n#> [1] 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00  95.68 100.00 100.00<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"
The scores look good – a score of 100 indicates a perfect match. You can move on to visualizing these results.<\/p>\n
\n
Visualize the results<\/h3>\n
Creating a hosted feature layer in ArcGIS Online is a great way to display and share these results with others. You can use {arcgislayers}<\/code><\/a> to do this directly from R. Load the package and then pass the sf<\/code> object, candidates<\/code>, to the publish_layer()<\/code> function.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"
# load arcgislayers<\/span>\r\nlibrary(arcgislayers)\r\n\r\n# publish the geocoding results as a hosted feature layer<\/span>\r\nres <-<\/span> publish_layer(candidates, \"Tacoma Bike Shops\"<\/span>)\r\nres$<\/span>services$<\/span>serviceurl\r\n#> [1] \"https:\/\/services1.arcgis.com\/hLJbHVT9ZrDIzK0I\/arcgis\/rest\/services\/Tacoma Bike Shops\/FeatureServer\"<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"
Now you can explore the published data in ArcGIS Online. From there, you can create and share web maps and apps, like this ArcGIS Dashboard<\/a>:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"storymap","title":"","description":"","static":false,"storymap_url":"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/8bf3b39bd6b9423683b1d99e5bed7c7d<\/a>"}],"related_articles":[{"ID":2270082,"post_author":"340172","post_date":"2024-03-11 08:00:07","post_date_gmt":"2024-03-11 15:00:07","post_content":"","post_title":"Announcing {arcgis}, an R package for ArcGIS Location Services","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"announcing-arcgis-r-package","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-07-22 12:05:50","post_modified_gmt":"2025-07-22 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