About the Find Address task

The Find Address task prompts the user for an address and displays the address on the map. You configure the task to work with an address locating web service of your choice.

Selecting a locator

The Find Address task is based on an address locator service. Once you add the Find Address task to your application, you need to specify the locator service using the Supporting Services link. Use the Add GIS Server link to connect to the server containing your locator. If you need help navigating this dialog box, see the instructions in Adding layers to a web application.

Legacy:

If you select a geocode service from ArcGIS Server 9.2, the coordinate system of the geocode service must match the coordinate system of the map. If you use a geocode service from ArcGIS Server 9.3 or later, it can have any coordinate system. The geocode service has been enhanced to return the task results in the coordinate system of the map.

Behavior with composite locators

When searching a composite locator, the Find Address task searches all the individual locators that comprise the composite locator. This behavior is mentioned here because some ArcGIS for Desktop tools that perform batch geocoding stop searching a composite locator once a match is found.