Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation is in talks with Google for unique address code.

The popular quick response (QR) code is not going to be available by Google for every property that are listed inside the municipal limits. This includes all sorts of properties like Residential, Commercial, Chawls and Special Buildings. This is intended to provide a unique identification code for each property.

The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is nearing completion of an agreement with Google to help geotag every property in the city, so that a simple unique alphanumeric digital id can designate these properties in order to develop a ‘Unique Address System’ (UAS) for the city, similar to Google’s ‘Plus codes’.

Once the UAS code is entered into Google Maps, it will assist persons in receiving meals and consignments, calling ambulances and cabs, receiving postal deliveries, and even assisting people in safely to your address. These distinct identifiers will serve as Amdavadis’ new ‘smart addresses.’

According to AMC sources, the civic body approached Google six months ago with a request to map city properties. For the past six months, talks have been ongoing to address “important problems” such as data protection. AMC has insisted that an MoU be inked only if Google’s India office, not its California headquarters, is involved in the agreement.

Google has now mapped its Plus Code addresses to a couple of Indian cities, including Pune and Kolkata. There are around 20 lakhs properties, over 15 lakhs of which are formally registered with the municipal corporation for property tax. UAN, or unique addresses for properties, are made up of a set of 20 alphanumeric characters. They won’t be case-insensitive and does not include vowels. On a trial basis, the AMC may ask Google to give codes to homes in a specific ward.