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New Delhi . Digipin i.e. Digital Pin has recently launched. This service of the Department of Post is special in many ways and it can completely change your parcel delivery experience. For example, if you want to send a parcel today or if you want to give address in online shopping, what will you do.

If you live in the city, you can easily share your house address, but there are many areas whose address is difficult to reach. Especially if you see in Tier-3 cities, then this problem is very high there. Digipin can bring revolution in similar places.

What is Digipin?

Digipin is a smart location identifier. It removes the problem of traditional boundaries of PIN code. Actually, a PIN code covers a large area, while Digipin gives information about the exact location. DIGIPIN is a digital code that brings a unique identity to home, shop, building or any place.

This identification is done by GPS based technology. Digipin is a unique alpha pneumric code of 10 digits, which is based on Longitured and Lattitude. That is, it will offer an exact location of any address. You can also use this code offline.

It can also be used for navigation. For this, Digipin will have to integrate into a navigation system or app, which will provide an accurate location. The Department of Post has stated that Digipin does not store private or personal data. With its help, you can share a location of 4 × 4 meters.

What problems will it remove?

Where there are thousands of addresses in the same pincode. In such a situation, it is difficult to reach a address in rural areas and find it. Especially in online shopping era, it spoils the overall experience. The delivery agent calls you repeatedly and asks the address. This also disturbs the consumer and the parcel also does not reach on time.

How can Digipin bring revolution?

Digipin connects the location to GPS. This gives the delivery agent an accurate place in the map. Due to this feature, the risk of delivery or delivery on wrong address will be reduced. This is like sharing their location to someone. This makes more delivery possible in less time.

This will help a lot to e-commerce platforms. The area where the house number and the name of the street are not fixed. There this service will improve the experience of the people. With the help of AI system Digipin, you will be able to better analyze data. For example, in which area more delivery fails or where more difficulties have to be faced.

What will change with Digipin?

At present, this service is not being used on a large scale, but its pilot project has started in some places. E-commerce companies in the future can add this feature to their platform, after which you will not have to put your entire address. You will only be able to face your location by sharing Digipin.

However, how long this integration happens and how its experience will be, it will be known in the future itself. It is possible that the e-commerce website for better delivery experience in the future may ask Digipin in the checkout.

It is very easy to generate a Digipin, for this you have to go on. You have to give access to your location and the digipin there will be generated. You can copy that code of 10 digits and also share it with someone.