Research on formal address
and its solution

Problem Statement

A formal address is essential for verifying one's place of residence and is typically composed of details such as postal code, district, landmark, road number, and society name. However, in real-world usage—especially in rural or semi-urban regions—people often enter incomplete or informal addresses like “Gali No. 15, 4th cut, near XYZ.” This often leads to failed deliveries, delayed shipments, or even lost parcels.

In many rural areas, residents are unfamiliar with formal address formats. They may only know their village name or nearby landmarks like “Dehat,” resulting in confusion during online shopping. Often, such individuals rely on local government staff to help receive their parcels, which is inefficient and inconvenient.

A second major issue arises when someone is temporarily visiting an unfamiliar location and needs to receive a parcel. In such cases, the person must either:

• Use Google Earth or Maps to extract the full address manually, which takes time.
• Ask locals, which may not provide the complete formal address needed for delivery.

These challenges reveal a gap in how users access and use location-based address information.

Proposed Solution

We propose a digital platform—either a website or mobile application—that automatically generates a complete formal address using live GPS location. With a single click, users will receive:

• Full address details (street, society, road no., landmark, district, state, postal code)
• Plus code and/or other geolocation tags (optional)
• Copy/share options for online forms or shopping apps

This will ensure accurate, standardized, and quick access to location-based addresses, minimizing delivery failures and increasing user convenience.

Market Scope and Opportunity

According to market research, the global location-based services (LBS) market was valued at USD 59.65 billion in 2024 and is expected to reach USD 236.34 billion by 2033. Companies like What3Words and Google Plus Codes demonstrate that there is a growing demand for accurate, geo-based addressing systems.

However, most of these services are either too technical, not widely used, or don’t focus on user-friendliness for rural or less tech-savvy populations.

Profitability and Impact

This solution has strong commercial potential and social impact:

• Profitability: No existing solution currently offers instant, one-click, fully formatted addresses for use in e-commerce or other services. Monetization can come from B2B integrations (e-commerce, logistics, etc.) and freemium user models.
• Social Good: The tool can help educate users about formal addresses and empower rural citizens. It can also assist government bodies in delivering public services more efficiently, directly to verified addresses—bypassing middlemen or manual errors.

By filling this gap, our solution can transform how people identify and share their location globally.

Review of people

When I ask someone like guard uncle in my society about the formal address he replied the address in very informal way which is not accepted in broader terms

By : Asmit katiyar