World Geocoding Service changing to HTTPS Only (UPDATE: Date Change)

UPDATE: The date for this change to the World Geocoding Service has been moved from September 8th to September 29th 2020

On the 29th of September 2020 (Note: this was previously 8th of September 2020), the World Geocoding Service will change to HTTPS only. This means that any requests to the World Geocoding Service using HTTP will no longer be accepted. You can read more about this change here.

Note, this change is happening ahead of the date when ArcGIS Online will change to HTTPS Only.

To avoid any issues on that date you will need to update any HTTP requests you make to the World Geocoding Service. You can make this change immediately as HTTPS requests are already accepted. See below for examples of changes you may need to make.

ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise. See Organisation > Settings > Utility services > Geocoding. You will need to change the Locator URLs to HTTPS.

Web AppBuilder Apps. In some Web AppBuilder Widgets, eg Search, Screening etc, you may have Set the Geocoder URL to use HTTP. You will need to Edit the Widget to update this to HTTPS.

If you find any problems that you cannot resolve, please contact Esri UK Technical Support