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What: Digipin is a unique 10-character alphanumeric code representing the latitude and longitude coordinates of a location. It aims to complement a regular postal address, which is based on locality, street and house number. An open-source, inter-operable addressing system, Digipin was developed by the Department of Posts in collaboration with IIT Hyderabad and the National Remote Sensing Centre, ISRO.
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India Today
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IIT Hyderabad, ISRO, India Post create Digipin, a digital address system for India
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- NDTV
Indore Launches India's First Digital House Address Project With QR Codes
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