What is digipin: When your biological identity in the world has become digital, why should your home address be limited to the old postal index number (PIN)? Taking a big step towards making the country's old systems digital, the Indian government has introduced Digipin. Digipin is considered a new way to give a digital identity to your home address. It has been developed by dividing the entire country into a digital grid, where every grid tells about the latitude and longitude of your address.
Digipin is a nationwide, open-source digital addressing system, created by the NRSC joint effort under the Department of Posts, IIT Hyderabad and IIT Hyderabad and IIT. It divides the entire Indian terrain into a grid of about 4 meters by 4 meters and assigns a specific alformer identifier of 10-deserts to each block, which mies from their exact geographical coordinates, such as latitude and longitude.
How is Digipin different from traditional addresses?
Unlike traditional addresses, which depend on information such as the neighborhood, road names and home numbers, Digipin uses an unique 10-desert alphanumeric code, which accurately maps the geographical coordinates of a particular place.
How can I find my Digipin?
To know your Digipin, you will need a device equipped with GNSS capabilities, which will capture your precise latitudes and longitude. These coordinates will then be translated into the Digipin code. The Department of Posts is currently working on a web application, which will allow the user to easily get DIGIPIN for any place. In addition, they are planning to publicly release the programming code of the Digipin system, which can generate and decode any Digipin code.
no way. Digipin only represents a specific geographical point and does not collect, reveal or connects any personal data related to that location. Your privacy is completely safe.
Is Digipin safe?
Digipin is generated only by latitude and longitude coordinates of a location, without any personal information. This code only acts as a location identifier, ensuring that no personal data is stored or connected to it.
