Locational addresses Postal addresses Place names Different aspects on a common basis? Standards and responsibilities described. Interfoliated by personal remarks from Per Sundberg

Stakeholders in locational addresses Storage NLS Civil engineering Map producers SCB municipality The public Cultural heritage Post Tax agency Rescue Road authority Distributors Transport planning Geographic search services

Different views LocationalThe bird´s eye view, zooming in PostalThe disseminator´s view, spreading out Residents”I´m the core, my address is part of me, the surrounding world has to adjust.”

Standards on addresses 1995 Standard for Postal Addresses 1998 Standard for Locational Addresses 2003 Revised and CEN-conformed standard for Postal Addresses 2007 Revised and ISO-conformed standard for Locational Addresses - on its way to confirmation 2007 Manual for best practice in development 2007A new postal address standard? Initiatives might come …

The Ancient Monuments and Finds Act, 4 § (Sw. lagen 1988:950 om kulturminnen m.m., amended in 2000:265) The Code of Good Practice paragraph has the following wording: Central and local government authorities shall follow the code of good practice when handling place-name questions. This entails that: Established names shall not be changed if there are not strong reasons for doing so; The spelling of place-names shall follow established linguistic rules where there is no generally accepted, traditional spelling; New names shall not be created without taking into account the effect this may have on established names and, Swedish, Saami and Finnish names shall, as far as possible, be used together on maps and on sign posts and other signs in multi-lingual areas; Names that have been approved for use on public maps shall also be used in the approved form for other purposes.

The place names register  is the foundation for address names in rural areas.  prescribes the spelling of place names.  keeps so far no information on which area a name covers. (Exception administrative names.)  does not yet contain the hierarchy of names. 

Differences and similarities between locational and postal addresses Locational addresses Municipality name responsible the Government District name the municipality Street-/village-name the municipality (farm-/settlement- name) the municipality House-/entrance- number the municipality Postal addresses Postcode the Post Postal town the Post Street-/village-name the municipality (farm-/settlement- name) the municipality House-/entrance- number the municipality Dwelling-number 5th row 4th row (3d row – if needed)

A complete locational address MunicipalityNora DistrictJärnboås VillageaddressareaLindesby SettlementBäcktorp Adressplaces532 (the ”big” house) 530 (the guest-cabin) The postal address is: Lindesby Bäcktorp Nora

Name of country village Farm or settlement name

Bad practice, bad addressing Many characters (28) Place name not registered Contains descriptive ”gård” Wrong spelling? Place name not registered

The address register  All information produced by the municipalities.  Part of the land information register.  Connections to registered buildings and real property units are established.  Connections to other types of objects can be made if the address information is transferred to other databases or is used in applications.  Is likely to stand steady even when the new standard is introduced. But some amendments might be needed.  NLS administrator, manager or police?

Conceptual tree according to the new standard

Byadressområde Tabell 4 — byadressområde:LA_LocationType Attribut eller association Värde namebyadressområde parentkommundel:LA_LocationType childbyadressplats:LA_LocationType gårdsadressområde:LA_LocationType themeAdresshantering identificationav kommunen fastställt namn. Namnet skall vara unikt inom kommundel. definitiongeografiskt avgränsat, icke överlappande, vanligen sammanhängande område inom en kommundel territoryOfUseSverige ownerKommunen adressablenej extentMethodOmråde som innesluter de underordnade gårdsadressområdena och byadressplatserna. Läge behöver ej anges men om det anges ska det avse en centralt belägen punkt inom den del av adressområdet där de flesta adressplatserna finns. alternativeIdriksunik icke betydelsebärande kod nameRulenamnet skall ha tydlig ortnamnskaraktär. Namnet får innehålla högst 35 tecken ur teckenmängd 3, se 5.5 Teckenmängder för namn och beteckningar på sidan 25..

SI_LocationInstance geographic Identifier - unik id för platsen, kan vara text, nummer eller kod alternative Geographic Id - andra namn (el koder) för samma plats geographic Extent - koordinater för ett område eller uppräkning av en samling ingående platser position - koordinater för en för platsen representativ punkt location Type - typ av plats, referens till ”indelningsmetod”

Modell Areas and places Type of area or place Princip för indelningNamnregister

Problems Long addresses – short spaces Use of postal addresses for navigation and (to a less extent) use of locational addresses for postal items. Registered common names used as if they were postal address names