<p class="title">AK00CA05 could be a neater, simpler address instead of No 10, 4th Cross, 8th Main, near Malleswaram Club, Malleswaram, Bengaluru 560 002.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a city with 23.7 lakh households, finding an address is often a nightmare as roads criss-cross, and citizens rely on landmarks to get to their destinations.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) wants to put an end to the confusion.</p>.<p class="bodytext"> Since February this year, the civic body has been working on a project to provide a Digital Identification Number (DIN), or a simple alphanumeric code, for every property in the city.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The DINs are embedded with GPS coordinates to make addresses easier to find.</p>.<p class="bodytext"> "The project will be finalised this month," BBMP commissioner N Manjunath Prasad said. "It will help locate an address to its exact point as the code is attached with latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The digital door numbers can be shared with friends, delivery services, ambulance and cabs.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"If the code is keyed into Google Maps, the location is identified instantly," Prasad said, adding that the codes would also help the police and the department of posts.</p>.<p class="bodytext"> The BBMP's own GIS-Enabled Property Tax Information System (GEPTIS) serves as the basis for the DIN project.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The civic body has 18.5 lakh properties in the tax bracket, with each having a unique property identifier (PID).</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The digital identification number is independent of the PID," an official from the BBMP information technology wing clarified.</p>.<p class="bodytext"> Each DIN is expected to be 7-11 characters long. "The entire city has been divided into 800 grids, each 1 sq km in size.</p>.<p class="bodytext">These grids are further divided into microgrids. That is the level of detailing, BBMP special commissioner (finance) Manoj Rajan said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Box</p>.<p class="bodytext">Second in India </p>.<p class="bodytext">Bengaluru is the second city after Hyderabad to adopt digital door numbers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation had roped in tech start-up Zippr, and spent Rs 5 crore on the project.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The BBMP is doing it in-house at a fraction of the cost.</p>
<p class="title">AK00CA05 could be a neater, simpler address instead of No 10, 4th Cross, 8th Main, near Malleswaram Club, Malleswaram, Bengaluru 560 002.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a city with 23.7 lakh households, finding an address is often a nightmare as roads criss-cross, and citizens rely on landmarks to get to their destinations.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) wants to put an end to the confusion.</p>.<p class="bodytext"> Since February this year, the civic body has been working on a project to provide a Digital Identification Number (DIN), or a simple alphanumeric code, for every property in the city.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The DINs are embedded with GPS coordinates to make addresses easier to find.</p>.<p class="bodytext"> "The project will be finalised this month," BBMP commissioner N Manjunath Prasad said. "It will help locate an address to its exact point as the code is attached with latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The digital door numbers can be shared with friends, delivery services, ambulance and cabs.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"If the code is keyed into Google Maps, the location is identified instantly," Prasad said, adding that the codes would also help the police and the department of posts.</p>.<p class="bodytext"> The BBMP's own GIS-Enabled Property Tax Information System (GEPTIS) serves as the basis for the DIN project.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The civic body has 18.5 lakh properties in the tax bracket, with each having a unique property identifier (PID).</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The digital identification number is independent of the PID," an official from the BBMP information technology wing clarified.</p>.<p class="bodytext"> Each DIN is expected to be 7-11 characters long. "The entire city has been divided into 800 grids, each 1 sq km in size.</p>.<p class="bodytext">These grids are further divided into microgrids. That is the level of detailing, BBMP special commissioner (finance) Manoj Rajan said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Box</p>.<p class="bodytext">Second in India </p>.<p class="bodytext">Bengaluru is the second city after Hyderabad to adopt digital door numbers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation had roped in tech start-up Zippr, and spent Rs 5 crore on the project.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The BBMP is doing it in-house at a fraction of the cost.</p>
