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Use

Using geocoding, you enhance dynamic geo-characteristics from BW master data with the geographical attributes degrees of longitude and latitude.

Prerequisites

  • You have installed the ArcView software from ESRI on your system and requested the desired, geographic data from ESRI, if these are not already included in the delivered data CD.

  • You have completed the following step:

    Downloading BW Master Data into a dBase File

Procedure
Note

The following procedure is an example procedure that you can reconstruct using the demo contents. You can find additional details about ArcView geocoding and functionality in the ArcView documentation.

Note

In ArcView GIS you can execute many commands easily from the context menu. To open the context menu, select an element and right-click on it.

  1. Open using Start of the navigation path Programs Next navigation step ArcGIS ArcCatalog End of the navigation path.

  2. Under Address Locators, double-click on the entry New Address Locator.

  3. In the Create New Address Locator window, select the entry Single Field (File) and click on OK.

  4. In the New: Single Field (File) Address Locator window, enter the name of the service and the description, for example, Geocoding Service SoldTo. Under Reference Data, enter the path for the reference shapefile, for example, g_stat00.shp and from the Fields dropdown menu, select the most appropriate entry, in this case, SAPBWKEY. Under Output Fields, activate the control box X and Y Coordinates.

    In the navigation menu, the new service is displayed under Address Locators.

  5. Open using Start of the navigation path Programs Next navigation step ArcGis ArcMap End of the navigation path and start with A New, Empty Map in the entry dialog. Choose OK.

  6. In the standard toolbar, click on the Add Data symbol and add the corresponding dBase file, for example, SoldTo.dbf as a new table.

  7. Click with the secondary mouse button in the main tree on the entry for the table that you created and select Geocode Addresses.

    The Choose an address locator to use... window is opened. All available services are displayed in this window.

  8. Click Add and, in the Add Address Locator window under Search in:, choose the entry Address Locators. Select the service that you created in step four (in this example, Geocoding Service SoldTo) and click on Add.

  9. In the Choose an address locator to use ... window, select the service again, and click OK.

    The Geocode Addresses window is opened.

  10. Under Address Entry Fields, choose the suitable entry, for example 1_0D_Regio. This is the field that tallies with the reference data. Under the output Output Shapefile or Feature Class, enter the path under which the result of the geocoding is to be saved. Choose OK.

    The data is geocoded.

  11. After you have checked the statistics in the Review/Rematch Addresses window, click Done.

Result

The dynamic geo-characteristics for your master data have now been enhanced with additional geo-information in the form of the columns X (longitude) and Y (latitude). In ArcMap this information is displayed by points displayed in the right-hand side of the work area.

To check whether the result appears as you had planned, you can place the points on the relevant map. Proceed as follows:

  1. Click on the symbol on the toolbar.

  2. Select the reference Shapefile that you used in step four, for example, g_stat00.shp.

  3. Choose Add.

    The map is displayed in the work area on a level under the points.