Conventional street addresses have been around for hundreds of years and have proved perfectly good for most uses. But conventional street addresses have their drawbacks. There are many streets, even in the same town, with similar or even the same names. Conventional street addresses can also be misspelt or misunderstood. They have unconventional and often unusual formats, which the digital world finds difficult to handle.
Consequences of using conventional street addresses include misdirected or lost parcels, late deliveries of goods and difficulties in coordinating road works and utility works.
Postcodes can be of some use in identifying streets but postcodes do not provide a complete solution.
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