Map showing house numbers.?

PasturesNew

pen-y-jen wrote: »

I came to this site hoping to ask the same question but I've since found out the answer form elsewhere.

If you go onto multimap and type in the house number and street name (e.g. 123 Lavendar Street) in the search box it will show you exactly where that house is.

This is as hit and miss as the other methods. I just tested one address and it pointed to another house, 3 doors down and across the road. Also, the multimap image I was looking at was pre-2001 as I could still see my garage I know was demolished in 2001.

PasturesNew

Years ago there used to be a fascinating little book called Kellys Street Directory. They would literally list every house/number street by street - indicating where other roads intersected or lanes ran off.

It was discontinued in the 1970s I think.

No use, but an anecdotal from the past.

Edit: just googled an excerpt http://historyofstratford.co.uk/CanningTown/CanningTown1902/CanningTown-Adamsons-Aviary.shtml

keith969

AdrianW2 wrote: »

Microsoft (who own Multimap) are very secretive about their address finding algorithm but I'm fairly sure it doesn't use a complete house number database. It appears to work by interpolating between known house numbers along a road segment and is generally very good but it will get confused in some situations.

Its close, but for me it shows a position two doors away, so not entirely accurate. The local council's planning web page has an interactive map which does show (many but not all) house numbers.

tek-monkey

I tend to use microsofts maps and rotate around til I spot a feature I recognise! At least then you get different views of the same property.

eryn_kathleen

Also, in some built up areas, Google street maps will give you an approximate address in the upper left hand of the image. It shows up briefly when the page first loads, and reappears if you remove the cursor from the image and then move it back. It's been pretty accurate for the areas in Edinburgh where it's offered. You can also type in a street address rather than a postcode.

[ETA for clarification: in some areas it only gives the street name, but in more populated areas it gives the actual house number as well, and it's been correct nearly every time.]

Using a combination of the approximate address and zooming in to see actual house numbers, I've found nearly all the houses I was looking for.

googler

I use a combination of

- Ordnance Survey maps in planning applications, whether for the target house or for those close by, or in adjacent streets

- Google Street View - sometimes if the houses are close enough to the street, their numbers are readable.