The Addressing Problem The Addressing Problem --GettingGetting it Right at Sourceit Right at Source
Paul Harcombe Paul Harcombe –– Chair, ICSM; Chief Surveyor NSWChair, ICSM; Chief Surveyor NSW
John Tulloch* John Tulloch* –– Sponsor, ICSM Permanent Committee on Sponsor, ICSM Permanent Committee on
Addressing; SurveyorAddressing; Surveyor--General VICGeneral VIC
Anselm Haanen Anselm Haanen –– Chair, ICSM Permanent Committee on Chair, ICSM Permanent Committee on Addressing, Deputy SurveyorAddressing, Deputy Surveyor--General NZGeneral NZ
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Presentation OutlinePresentation Outline
• The importance of addressing
• The problems with address information
• What we are currently doing
• What we need to achieve
• How we need to achieve it
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Addresses are importantAddresses are important
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But where’s the ambulance?
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Problems with AddressProblems with Address
• Not all properties addressed
• Property numbers illogical or out of sequence
• Not clear which property is which
• Confusion over road names / types
• Poor mapping (geocode location)
• Properties not signed or poorly signed
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Impact of poor addressingImpact of poor addressing
• Emergency service responses impeded
• People can’t locate the property
• Disaster management and recovery impeded
• Government agencies, businesses, and the public bear unnecessary costs
• Wasted effort, usually repetitive, trying to resolve address conflicts
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National Address Management National Address Management FrameworkFramework
•Endorsed in Dec 2008
•Consists of – Standard for address data storage and
interchange
– Standards for related web-services (parsing, validation)
– a single national authoritative dataset based on PAF and GNAF
• Excludes the creation of address
G-NAF
• Geocoded National Address File
• Holds 13.2M authoritative addresses
• Sourced from:
–States & territories
–Australia Post
–Australian Electoral Commission
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Where does address information come Where does address information come from?from?
New building / subdivision
Council creates /
changes addresses / road name
Council notifies
jurisdiction who record details
Jurisdiction provides
address data to PSMA (& others)
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New Addressing StandardNew Addressing Standard
• ICSM developed new
AS/NZS4819:2011
• Keeps an address simple and
intuitive
• Simplifies addressing in
complexes
• Covers sub-addressing for
multi-level buildings
• Includes road naming and
defining localities (suburbs)
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New Addressing StandardNew Addressing Standard
• ICSM paid for copy for each Council
• Jurisdictions encouraging Councils to implement
the new Standard
• Assisting in its interpretation & providing support
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Addressing for NBNAddressing for NBN
National Broadband Network
• $43b project to deliver connection to all premises in Australia
• G-NAF crucial for planning and developing the network
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NBN Issues with GNBN Issues with G--NAFNAF
• Four problematic issues identified:
– Poorly Geo-coded Addresses
– Incorrect Addresses
– Addressing within Private Developments
– Missing Addresses (including commercial addresses)
• Incorrect addresses result in huge costs to the project
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What does the nation need?
What is the root of the problem?
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Building the GBuilding the G--NAFNAF
Officially allocated addresses from
Councils / Jurisdictions
PostalAddresses(PAF)
Electoral (in-use)Addresses
Conflict between
official and
informal
addresses
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Informal addresses problematicInformal addresses problematic
• Informal addresses cause frustration and costs for users.
• They don’t match the official addresses released by jurisdictions and held by government agencies, Post, & businesses.
• Creation or ‘correction’ of an address outside Council’s framework creates problems for Councils in their systematic allocation and management of authoritative addresses.
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So what do we need?So what do we need?
Everyone to use the same address to Everyone to use the same address to
identify a propertyidentify a propertyAchieved via four objectives:
1. All properties are assigned an official unique address that enables them to be readily identified and located
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Everyone to use the same address to Everyone to use the same address to identify a propertyidentify a property
Achieved via the following objectives:
1. All properties are assigned an official unique address that enables them to be readily identified and located
2. All officially assigned numbers, road names and localities are recorded in a national dataset
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Everyone to use the same address to Everyone to use the same address to identify a propertyidentify a property
Achieved via the following objectives:
1. All properties are assigned an official unique address that enables them to be readily identified and located
2. All officially assigned numbers, road names and localities are recorded in a national dataset
3. All properties have their official number clearly displayed
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Everyone to use the same address to Everyone to use the same address to identify a propertyidentify a property
Achieved via the following objectives:
1. All properties are assigned an official unique address that enables them to be readily identified and located
2. All officially assigned numbers, road names and localities are recorded in a national dataset
3. All properties have their number clearly displayed
4. Businesses and government agencies use the official property address
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A regulatory solution?A regulatory solution?
• Require councils to:
– Assign addresses to all properties
– Name all publicly accessible roads
– Follow defined standards
– Define suburbs (localities) & their boundaries (if not done already)
– Change addresses that are causing problems
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A regulatory solution? A regulatory solution? –– contcont’’d d
• Require councils to
– Ensure all properties display their number
– provide the relevant addressing information to jurisdiction
– All in a timely manner
• Require jurisdictions to oversee the Councils’activities and provide advice and support
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Officially allocated addresses from
Councils / Jurisdictions
PostalAddresses
InformalAddresses
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SummarySummary
• Too many property addresses remain problematic
• Consequent cost is enormous
• Current interventions help
• Additional intervention is required
• Need stronger regulation of Council and jurisdictional addressing functions
The Addressing Problem The Addressing Problem --
GettingGetting it Right at Sourceit Right at Source
Paul Harcombe Paul Harcombe –– Chair, ICSM; Chief Surveyor NSWChair, ICSM; Chief Surveyor NSW
John Tulloch* John Tulloch* –– Sponsor, ICSM Permanent Committee on Addressing; Sponsor, ICSM Permanent Committee on Addressing;
SurveyorSurveyor--General VICGeneral VIC
Anselm Haanen Anselm Haanen –– Chair, ICSM Permanent Committee on Addressing, Deputy Chair, ICSM Permanent Committee on Addressing, Deputy SurveyorSurveyor--General NZGeneral NZ
Everyone uses the same address Everyone uses the same address
to identify a propertyto identify a property
QUESTIONS?QUESTIONS?