Using Canadian FSA postal code with US Dual Ranges in 10.0 sp4

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04-19-2012 02:02 PM
HarryBowman
New Contributor III
I get good hits with Zips like 12345 but not with H3X.

Why?

9x locators worked with these postal codes.
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HarryBowman
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I added a line to the ZIP5 part of the LOT file to accept [A-Z][0-9][A-Z] as a format for ZIP. That did the trick, though it was clearly a hack.

Why is this not more clearly documented? I looked at ESRI Canada's web site and did not find a LOT file for download that would work with FSAs. Why?

What style locator rules are used in the 10.0 Street data that shipped with ArcGIS? I could see the reference data from the locator properties but could not identify the rules files. Was it a 10x locator?
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BradNiemand
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We don't ship any styles other than US styles.  You would need to contact ESRI Canada about getting either the Canada locator style or a Canada locator.

You could also create a custom style just the way you did.  There are no longer "Rules" for the locators, you create the "Rules" by defining them in the grammar of the locator style XML.

Brad
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