URISA Leads Effort to Standardize National Address Data

The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) recently accepted a proposal submitted by the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) to create a Street Address Standard. The objective of this effort is to create data content, classification, transfer, and quality standards for street addresses. URISA submitted a formal proposal to the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) to begin the work. The proposal was accepted.