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Indian government planning to digitally map addresses in a six-character alpha-numeric string

The government is also planning to expand the mapping program across the country, once its successfully tested at these location in Delhi. The Indian government is planning to digitally map addresses and provide a six-character alphanumeric digital address to postal addresses. Rakesh Verma, the MD of the company mapping the locations said that the e-mapping of address will help travellers and commuters to reach the exact doorstep and will also save money, time and fuel for various organisation including e-commerce platforms. MapMyIndia, the company helping the government in this initiative has partnered with ISRO to get effective mapping coordinates from national satellite imagery service ‘Bhuvan’.

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