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A collection of information on address standards

Standards
(sorted alphabetically by country/region/organization name)

Australia
AS/NZS 4819:2003 Rural and Urban Addressing Standard
Animated presentation on Australian and New Zealand rural and urban addressing

Denmark
Danish address information website (Danish language only): www.adresse-info.dk
Statutory order on Road Names and Addresses (english)

Europe
European postal address standard: EN 14142-1:2003 Postal services - Address databases - Part 1: Components of postal addresses
Developed by CEN/TC 331 Postal Services

Japan
Akeno K, 2008, Japanese Address System

OASIS
OASIS Customer Information Quality
A set of XML Specifications for defining, representing, interoperating and managing party (Person or Organisation) centric information.

South Africa
SANS 1883 - Geographic information - South African address standard
Introduction to the South African address standard
Contact Serena Coetzee (project leader) or Grantham Daniel (SABS) for more information.

US
US Street Address Standard
Third draft in preparation under the sponsorship of the United States Federal Geographic Data Committee
Contact Sara Yurman or Martha McCart Wells to get access to the site.

Munich Orientation Convention
A way for standardizing orientation tools: indoor and outdoor signage, cartography, postal codes and electronics
Indoor http://www.volksnav.com/DeutschesMuseum
Urban http://www.volksnav.com/map
Global www.watchrose.com


These pages are maintained by Serena Coetzee. Last updated 18 June 2008.