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Glossary of Terms and Acronyms Attribute: A characteristic of a GIS feature Civic Address Record: A contributor's unique ID Civic ID: A civic address record's unique ID Cross-Street Numbering: An addressing format that uses a cross-street number as a prefix to the address number Discrepancy Report: An information item that details inaccuracies in data that is also submitted to the supplier of the data Domain Land Survey (DLS): e system used in Western Canada to divide land into square townships for settlement and development Mapping Editor: A GIS technician that creates or modifies digital maps National Emergency Number Association (NENA): A United States organiza- tion, with Canadian subcommittees, for developing 911 GIS standards Next Generation (NG9-1-1): An initiative to enable IP device location, text messaging, and video coupled with GIS as the primary method to determine emergency service locations on a map Postal Code: A seven-character string (including the space) that helps sort mail Primary Address: e main address associated with a parcel or building Site Address Point: e geographic location of a site, structure or their access point (such as a driveway entrance) Sub-Address: Additional site address points associated with other buildings (or units within a building) which all share the same primary address number Community Civic Addressing Guide to Best Practices v4.0 vi

• Cover
• 1 Overview
• 2 Civic Addressing
• 2.1 Civic Address Naming and Format
• 2.2 Address Format
• 3 Civic Address Assignment
• 3.1 Assigning Address Numbers
• 3.2 Rural Addressing
• 3.2.1 Dominion Land Survey System
• 3.3 Island Property Addressing
• 4 Civic Address Representation
• 5 Data Quality Checks for NG9-1-1
• Appendix A: Attribution
• Appendix B: Feature Attribute Values
• Appendix C: Attribute Data Specifications
• Figure 1 Simple Addressing Starting with Low Numbers
• Figure 2 Simple Addressing with Cross-Street Preface Numbering
• Figure 3 Addressing from Higher Road Classifications
• Figure 4 Cul-de-Sac Addressing
• Figure 5 Dead End Road Addressing
• Figure 6 Crescent Addressing
• Figure 7 Rural Addressing
• Figure 8 Addressing in a Dominion Land Survey Township Section
• Figure 9 Island Addressing
• Figure 10 Parcel Centroid Addressing
• Figure 11 Building Centroid Addressing
• Figure 12 Parcel Frontage Offset Addressing
• Figure 13 Additional Address Locations
• Table 1 Site Address Point Attributes
• Table 2 Additional Location Attributes
• Table 3 Pre/Post Directionals
• Table 4 Unit Type
• Table 5 Road Types
• Table 6 Province or Territory
• Table 7 Acquisition Technique
• Table 8 Address Point Type
• Table 9 Language Indigenous
• Table 10 Language