Thanks for reminding me of your ESRI geocoder, Andrew. I've got it working with our Arches installation and can use it as the basis for getting ours working.
One thing that caught me out is to remember, if using Apache to serve web resources, to copy the Javascript component into the appropriate location in the static web directory tree. David On Monday, 2 March 2020 09:04:46 UTC, Andrew Jones wrote: > > We created an ESRI geocoder to use their World geocoding service. The > code and instructions for configuring it are here and might be helpful... > > https://github.com/HistoricEngland/arches-esri-geocoder > > > > On Sunday, March 1, 2020 at 8:55:57 PM UTC, David Osborne wrote: >> >> Supplementary question: as the geocoder access is from a fragment of >> Javascript, I take it that the connection to the geocoder is from a user's >> browser, rather than from the Arches application itself? >> >> David >> >> On Thursday, 25 April 2019 19:43:55 UTC+1, Cyrus Hiatt wrote: >>> >>> Hi David - >>> >>> The search box uses the mapbox geocoder by default. There are a few ways >>> that you could customize this: >>> >>> The best, but most difficult approach: >>> >>> Create a new geocoder by writing a new geocoder component and >>> registering that in Arches. That would be similar to this file: >>> `arches/app/media/js/views/components/geocoders/mapbox.js`. Then you would >>> need to create a new record in the geocoders table. Then you would update >>> the `DEFAULT_GEOCODER` setting in your project's settings file to use the >>> geocoderid for your new record. >>> >>> >>> The easier approach: >>> >>> You could add a `js/views/components/geocoders/` directory to your >>> project and create a component similar to: >>> arches/app/media/js/views/components/geocoders/mapbox.js. You would have >>> to update the `component` field for the default geocoder (Mapbox) in the >>> geocoders database table to point to your new component. >>> >>> >>> Even easier: >>> >>> Add a `js/views/components/geocoders/` directory to your project. Copy >>> the `arches/app/media/js/views/components/geocoders/mapbox.js` file into >>> that directory. That should override the file in arches. Then modify it to >>> use whatever geocoding service best suits your needs. The drawback here of >>> course is that you have to remember that the file called 'mapbox' isn't >>> really using mapbox's service, but that might not be a concern for you. >>> >>> >>> Hope that helps, >>> >>> - Cyrus >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 6:18 AM David Osborne <daosborne....@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> We use the Mapbox 'Outside' OpenStreetMap layer as our basemap for the >>>> Arches site we are developing for Jersey Heritage. I've been asked why the >>>> search field in the top right hand corner of the map ('Locate a Place or >>>> Address') doesn't include place names on Jersey, apart from names of most >>>> of the twelve parishes on the island. Even Jersey postcodes cannot be >>>> found, although UK ones work — for those who don't know, Jersey is not >>>> part >>>> of the United Kingdom. >>>> >>>> I'm guessing that the search box is linked to a gazetteer database >>>> connected with the OSM basemap. Is it possible to supplement the search >>>> with local place names, if we could obtain a list of them with their >>>> corresponding co-ordinates? In theory, we could even replace the >>>> gazetteer, >>>> as we would only be interested in searches for place names within the >>>> island's jurisdiction. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> David >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -- To post, send email to arches...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe, >>>> send email to arches...@googlegroups.com. For more information, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Arches Project" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to arches...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- -- To post, send email to archesproject@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe, send email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Arches Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/archesproject/57e5b1dc-b820-40e2-ba8e-28668fd835a4%40googlegroups.com.
