So one of the things that we discussed at the CFA Summit was using a generic geocoder like Google's or ESRI's instead of each city building there own geocoder. Because... In order to build they're own geocoder the city would need a instance of ArcGIS for Server. One of the goals is project is to make SimpliCity work with Feature Services which can be published from either ArcGIS for Server and ArcGIS Online; however, geocoders can not be published from ArcGIS Online. So in order to make SimpliCity accessible to those who only have access to ArcGIS Online, I suggest we make using a generic geocoder an option, and also make the configuration extensible so others write their own geocoder adapters.
jgravois
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9 years ago
So one of the things that we discussed at the CFA Summit was using a generic geocoder like Google's or ESRI's instead of each city building there own geocoder. Because... In order to build they're own geocoder the city would need a instance of ArcGIS for Server. One of the goals is project is to make SimpliCity work with Feature Services which can be published from either ArcGIS for Server and ArcGIS Online; however, geocoders can not be published from ArcGIS Online. So in order to make SimpliCity accessible to those who only have access to ArcGIS Online, I suggest we make using a generic geocoder an option, and also make the configuration extensible so others write their own geocoder adapters.