Esri, based in California, has entered a partnership with LightBox to launch advanced geocoding solutions in Canada, according to a press release.
“We are excited to bring our users the best available address information for Canada,” Esri’s product manager for Geocoding, Robert Jensen, said in the release. “Having exceptional coverage, currency and accuracy of addresses, enables users who rely on spatially precise addresses to make effective decisions. The integration of data from LightBox into ArcGIS gives them the confidence in Esri’s ability to provide a powerful geocoding experience.”
Lightbox’s contribution will add the ability to pinpoint precise geocoding for rooftop locations related to addresses, subaddresses or places with multiple units.
“LightBox, formerly DMTI Spatial, offers the market-leading addressing and sub-addressing solution for high precision geocoding,” general manager for LightBox Location Intelligence Division, AJ Dunklau, said in the release. “Esri users will now be able to access this robust data, building on LightBox’s 20 years of Canadian location intelligence database development. Our partnership enables these users to benefit from accurate geocoding data and explore the broader Canadian data solutions that LightBox can provide.”
A geospatial platform, the ArcGIS provides developers with the opportunity to use location services connected to the APIs and web frameworks of their choice, for as many users at a time as they please. The service is now accessible to both ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Platform users.
According to a recent ArcGIS World Geocoding Service release, other programs offering the feature include ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS World Geocoder and ArcGIS StreetMap Premium.
The global geocoding service services more than 90% of the global population and is available in over 150 countries. Its collaboration with Lightbox is intended to leverage Esri’s offerings on both a local and global scale.
“To find, map and analyze other forms of valuable geospatial information, industries need X and Y coordinates for place names,” a recent press release states. “Users in many sectors are in possession of addresses or place names in various states of completeness, and they want to turn that information into actionable intelligence.”