How do they know where to allocate rural property numbers?
A rural address is a distance based street address given to every land parcel with a substantial building in the South-West division. This rural number replaces an existing RMB or Lot number; or is allotted to any property where there is no previous address. Landgate coordinates the rural addressing process in line with national standards. Initially, its nationally-recognised skills in digital imagery and Geographic Information System technology enabled a cost-effective transformation of lot numbers to logical address numbers. Using the latest technology, Landgate integrates aerial photography, cadastral, geographic and other land-related data to determine addresses in a simple and speedy, yet extremely accurate, computer operation. No costly field trips are required to determine the numbers. Once a Local Government Area has commenced using rural numbering (referred to as “live”), the Shire assumes responsibility for the determination and allocation of rural street addresses when requi
