NSW Geocoded Addressing Theme: Property-Based Address Database for New South Wales
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Description
The Geocoded Urban and Rural Addressing System (GURAS) is a property-based address database for New South Wales. It serves as a single source of truth for address information, eliminating duplicate databases across councils, Australia Post, and emergency services. The dataset includes feature classes like Waypoints and Address Points, and is managed by Spatial Services (DCS), with a last recorded update in 2026.
Use Cases
Route planning for delivery services based on the Waypoint feature class indicating approximate entry points.
Computer-aided dispatch for emergency services based on the authoritative address data sourced from local councils.
Spatial analysis of property locations based on the Address Point feature class used to locate an address string.
Integrating a single address source into business systems to replace multiple maintained databases mentioned in the description.
Strengths
Serves as a single authoritative source for address information across multiple government and service organizations.
Each property polygon has a unique numeric identifier and contains at least one authoritative address.
Includes multiple spatial feature classes such as Waypoints and Address Points for different use cases.
Limitations
Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
The dataset's spatial reference is WGS 84 aligned to GDA94, which may cause misalignments in GDA2020 environments.
Address points are system-generated and may not always correlate directly to dwelling locations, especially for rural properties with multiple lots.
Provenance
Source
Spatial Services (DCS), with addresses sourced from local councils via the valuation of land database managed by LPI-Valnet.
Collection Method
Likely aggregated from local government and organizational address databases.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-18 00:50:36.652467; freshness should be verified.
Geography
New South Wales, Australia
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