{"id":2910012,"date":"2025-08-15T07:25:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T14:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2910012"},"modified":"2025-08-15T07:23:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T14:23:47","slug":"enhancing-esris-world-geocoding-service-and-road-centerlines-in-teton-county-idaho","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/enhancing-esris-world-geocoding-service-and-road-centerlines-in-teton-county-idaho","title":{"rendered":"Enhancing Esri\u2019s World Geocoding Service and Road Centerlines in Teton County, Idaho"},"author":7651,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941,37511],"tags":[22951,42641,23951,512382,411072],"industry":[],"product":[36581,36551],"class_list":["post-2910012","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","category-sharing-collaboration","tag-arcgis-content","tag-arcgis-online","tag-community-maps-program","tag-esri-basemaps","tag-world-geocoding-service","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"Teton County, Idaho aligns road and centerline data with Esri's Basemaps and World Geocoding Service.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Enhancing 911 Dispatch Accuracy Through Esri\u2019s World Geocoding Service<\/h2>\n

Teton County, Idaho’s 911 vendor recently transitioned to using Esri\u2019s World Geocoding Service for address location data. Due to the county\u2019s rapid development, routine updates frequently failed to capture new roads and addresses. To overcome this issue, the county began sharing its point address data directly with Esri – resulting in a significant improvement in dispatch location accuracy.<\/p>\n

To support this integration, Teton County redesigned its road and address point schemas to comply with Esri\u2019s standards as well as state Next Generation 911 (NG911) requirements. While this modernization effort initially led to ID mismatches and the loss of some sub-address entries, the county\u2019s latest submission to Esri\u2019s Community Maps program is expected to reconcile those discrepancies and ensure better alignment with Esri\u2019s World Geocoding Service moving forward.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

The Legacy TIGER Data Problem<\/h2>\n

Many online mapping services that rely on Esri\u2019s World Geocoding Service previously struggled to locate addresses in Teton County due to outdated TIGER data that no longer aligned with the county\u2019s 2007\u201308 readdressing effort. During that readdressing, road names were updated from formats like \u201cS 100 W\u201d to \u201cS 1000 W,\u201d but the Census Bureau\u2019s TIGER dataset was never fully updated to reflect those changes.<\/p>\n

As a result, mapping services based solely on TIGER data were up to 75% inaccurate for Teton County. Although the county submitted corrections for the 2020 Census, the requirement for feature-by-feature review made a complete overhaul unfeasible. In contrast, Esri\u2019s Community Maps program enabled bulk submission of the county\u2019s corrected road and address data.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"quote","author_name":"Rob Marin","author_profession_organization":"GIS Manager Teton County, Idaho","image":{"ID":2914392,"id":2914392,"title":"logo_280X280","filename":"logo_280X280.png","filesize":83431,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/logo_280X280.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/enhancing-esris-world-geocoding-service-and-road-centerlines-in-teton-county-idaho\/logo_280x280","alt":"","author":"7651","description":"","caption":"","name":"logo_280x280","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2910012,"date":"2025-07-30 19:07:09","modified":"2025-07-30 19:07:09","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":280,"height":280,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/logo_280X280-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/logo_280X280.png","medium-width":261,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/logo_280X280.png","medium_large-width":280,"medium_large-height":280,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/logo_280X280.png","large-width":280,"large-height":280,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/logo_280X280.png","1536x1536-width":280,"1536x1536-height":280,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/logo_280X280.png","2048x2048-width":280,"2048x2048-height":280,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/logo_280X280.png","card_image-width":280,"card_image-height":280,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/logo_280X280.png","wide_image-width":280,"wide_image-height":280}},"text":"These contributions have significantly improved both road naming and address accuracy within Esri\u2019s system. While the county continues to work with platforms such as Google, HERE, Bing, and OpenStreetMap to ensure consistency, Esri now provides approximately 95% accurate geocoding for the area - dramatically enhancing location reliability for users and emergency services alike."},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Observations<\/h2>\n

Teton County\u2019s efforts demonstrate how proactive, authoritative contributions to Esri\u2019s ecosystem can significantly improve service accuracy – particularly when public safety is at stake. By aligning local datasets with global geospatial services, local governments play a vital role in ensuring that critical systems, such as 911 dispatch, function reliably not only within their own operations but across broader platforms used by the public and emergency responders alike.<\/p>\n

Key Takeaways<\/h3>\n