I want add 60 addresses in point format to my map in ArcGIS online. So what I did was use ArcGIS Desktop (10.2) to geocode them, exported them as a shapefile, and imported them to the online map. First of all, is this the way I have to do it? I mean can I do it directly from ArcGIS online?
The second problem is I wanted to have 60 points. But I end up with fewer points, like 15-20. I found the problem is that somewhere during this procedure ArcGIS Desktop decided to round the X and Y values to 6 decimal places. I checked the geocoding results and changed the decimal places to 10. Then I checked the shapefile and I found in the shapefile's attribute table, X and Y just have 6 decimal places. I was not able to change the decimal place in attribute table. I tried to add new field and set the decimal places to 10 and then use filed calculator. It did not work!
I tried to geocode them using batchgeo.com, then I imported them as X and Y coordinates. I made sure Xs and Ys are set to have 10 decimal places. Agian the same problem when I exported it as a shapefile.
Any suggestions? The original file is addresses, including address, city, state and ZIP.
Best Answer
On ArcGISOnline you can find information on how to add data to the map.
It sounds as though you have a spreadsheet with addresses.
You can add that as a csv file to your map and it will create the points for you with the addresses.
You can also add a file with xy coordinates in the same way. but you will not get address information created doing that. If it already has address information with the coordinates then you would need to configure it to make sure it used the xy rather than geocoding it.