NOW, GOVERNMENT TO START MAPPING YOUR ADDRESS DIGITALLY

Your address residential or professional will soon get a digital tag after Aadhar, something done by an individual's identification. 

The department of posts which is under the ministry of communications is working on a project that will accord a six character alphanumeric digital address for every property for three postal pin code locations. 
Here's what it does: The department will give e-locations (like on Google Maps) for the ad.. 

• What is eloc? 

It shortens an address into a combination of six alphabets and numbers. You can put it on your visiting card, on a website or share via any other means. If someone is looking to reach you, the person needs to just enter the eLoc in MapmyIndia's maps portal (or app) and it will instantly offer turn-by-turn directions right up to your address.
The plan has been cleared for two postal pin codes in Delhi and one in Noida, following its scope will be increased. The digital identity say, UV77D7 will be an e-enabled address that can be used parallels to the existing postal address. 
"The results of the proof of concept may be utilized 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 said 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 travelers 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 TOI 
Pilot project to evaluate digital addresses' effectiveness: DoPcurrently, a large number of addresses in the country are difficult to comprehend when read digitally. "For example, an address such as 147, Pocket XX, 2A, Janakpuri can be easily identified online by a digital address such as 8GDTYX. This can be further linked with other associated facilities such as property tax and ownership details, civic services etc," an official of the company said. 

The approval letter (for the pilot) by the Department of Posts (DoP) said the objective of the project is to demonstrate the effectiveness of a digital addressing system. 
"The sole ownership of the data/reports or any other documents generated/created in any electronic or physical form, during the course of the proof of concept, shall remain with the department," it said, prohibiting the private company from using the information for any commercial purpose. 

The postal department would assist in the exercise through sharing of data on beat maps, verification of the information related to mapping of physical address with the digital addresses and facilitating interactions with their ground staff. 

In a statement, Mapmy-India claimed that it already possesses an exhaustive digital address database that includes over 2 crore eLocs of individuals, businesses and government set-ups. 
The statement said that the company has partnered Isro and its national satellite imagery service 'Bhuvan' to provide effective mapping coordinates.