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INTRODUCING A HOUSE NUMBERING SYSTEM
house numbering and street naming manual
was established as modification of existing
system. The main objective of this system
was to eliminate the existing problems of
street naming and house numbering system.
For this system, the plan is to establishe
block numbers. The house numbers assigned
according to the house numbering policy
and street names are assigned according to
the street naming policy.
Sivers (2009) described about the
concept of House Numbering and
addressing system in Japan. This study
focused on determining the house number
without the street number, but with block
numbers. According to this study streets
don’t have names and blocks have numbers.
Streets are just empty space in between
blocks. Blocks are numbered according to
the order. In this study buildings on the
block are numbered in order of age it built.
The blocks have little numbers as 29, 39, 38,
37, 40, and 41. Street names are empty.
After naming the province and city, postal
addresses in Japan are included as three
numbers. There are district number, block
number and building number.
Cidric Umuhire described about street
addressing system for city of Kigali,
Rwanda. The main objective of this study
was to complete the process of improvement
of the urban location of properties.
According to this study the concept of the
street naming and property numbering
system was based on three principles. They
are street classification, numbering of
entries to properties with the system odd
numbers to left hand side and even numbers
to right hand side and technical and financial
capacities. The implementation process of
this study involves five steps as naming,
mapping, signage, numbering and address
indexing. A total of 37274 properties along
the streets and 2061 streets were covered by
this project. According to Crowing (1990)
described about the methods for street
naming and property numbering in America.
Assignment of numbers based on present
property divisions, use of frontage intervals
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from a point of reference and the division of
streets into blocks and the assignment of
numbers within blocks. Odd numbers are
assigned to building on one side of the street
and even numbers are assigned for other
side of the street. This study described about
apartments and condominiums are
designated with sub numbers or letters,
separate numbers assigned to the entrances
of a duplex houses.
Ministry of Local Government and
Rural Development in Ghana introduced a
Street Addressing System in August 2010.
The objectives of assigning street numbers
and property numbers were clearly
mentioned in this study. This study
described the standards which govern street
naming and numbering of properties. The
standards set out the requirements to be
complied with in implementing the two key
dimensions of the addressing system, the
naming of streets and the numbering of
properties. Guidelines and instructions were
described according to two dimensions.
It was described about selection of
Street Names shall respond according to the
standards. Property numbering flow
standards described for different types of
properties (Apartments, condominiums,
circular pattern, hotels, shopping centers
etc.). Thereafter they focused on the
implementation process of street addressing
system.
3 METHODOLOGY
3.1 Method of Assign House Numbers
i. Determining the beginning point
The beginning point is the main cross of
the main road in the town. Forward direction
from the beginning point is the direction of
numbering. (Figure 1)
ii. Odd/even numbering rule
Assign even numbers on the right side
from the beginning point and odd numbers
on the left side from the beginning point.
iii. Integer, alphanumeric and hyphenated
numbers