Govt to map your address digitally and provide you with a six character address for your home or office

The government is working on mapping both your home and office address according to a report in ET. The department of posts has ordered a pilot project that will accord a six-character alphanumeric digital address for every property for three postal pin code locations. The idea is to provide e-locations (like on Google Maps) for the addresses therein and then provide possibilities to link them to other information, such as property title and ownership, property tax records, information on utilities like electricity, water and gas. The eLoc (e-location) pilot project has been approved for two postal pin codes in Delhi and one in Noida, following which the plan is to identify national expansion plans.

Private mapping company MapmyIndia will be carrying out the project for the postal department. "The results of the proof of concept may be utilised by the department towards developing a digital address format that would suit the purpose for a national-level project rollout," says a letter signed by additional director-general (mail operations) Abhishek Kumar Singh and sent to MapmyIndia on September 27.

MapmyIndia MD Rakesh Verma has said that the e-linkage would make it easier to identify complex addresses while providing an opportunity to link them to other amenities and services. "eLoc will help travellers and commuters search, share and navigate to a destination's exact doorstep far more easily and quickly. It will also reduce time, money, fuel wastage and expenses for businesses in the e-commerce, transportation, logistics and field operations domains," Verma told to ET.