Allow users to change configuration of World Geocoder to accept Lat/Long in lieu of Long/Lat

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12-07-2023 11:46 AM
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SNunn39
New Contributor II

Users in my organization have complained at the format for entering coordinates into the Search mechanism in one of our Experience Builder apps. They search is utilizing the ESRI world geocoder and only accepts coordinates in ("X,Y" Long/Lat). The common format shared throughout our org is to have them flipped. Ideally, we'd be able to toggle this config in the Search widget. 

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ChrisWhitmore

Hi, you should be able to achieve this by configuring a view of the Esri world geocoder with only LatLong as the supported coordinate order. You can do this from My Content -> New Item:

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In the locator creation wizard, select the "locator view from the ArcGIS World Geocoding Service" option:

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On the settings page in item details for the newly created locator view, you can configure which types of coordinates you want to support:

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From there, you would need to share the locator view appropriately (either at the org level or public, depending on how you intend to use it from the app. And then you can add it to your experience builder apps, or set it up as a geocoder for your overall agol organization, if that makes sense for you.

 

Cheers,

Chris

SNunn39

Thank you, that worked like a charm. @ChrisWhitmore