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Copy Tutorial Data Files to the Desktop

1. Go to the Start menu
2. Click My Computer
3. Double click on the O: Drive  (click on image to enlarge)
   
   
   
   
   
4. Folders are listed alphabetically by department acronym. Double click on the envstudies folder  (click on image to enlarge)
   
   
   
   
   
5. Double click on the GIS Tutorials folder
6. Right Click on the Geocoding folder and choose the Copy option
7. Close the GIS Tutorials folder
8. Right click anywhere in the blank, blue space on your computer's Desktop.
9. Choose the Paste option. You should now see the Geocoding folder on your desktop.

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1. Open ArcMap
   
   
   
   
   
2. The ArcMap Getting Started dialog box will appear
3. Under the Table of Contents on the left side, choose New Maps My Templates Blank Map.(click on image to enlarge)
   
   
   
   
   
4. Click OK. A blank Map Project will appear.

Add a Basemap to the Map Project

1. Click the Add Data button
   
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2. Click Add Basemap.  This will add a default basemap from the ESRI servers.
3. Choose the Streets basemap.

Add Address Data to your Map Document

When Geocoding, you will need to have prepared address information that ArcMap can use to locate the addresses.  In this tutorial, there is prepared address information in the Geocoding tutorial file you downloaded onto the

Geocode Addresses

The Choose an Address Locator dialog box will open.

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