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?