Madinah is home to Al Masjid al Nabawi (The Prophets Mosque), considered of tremendous value to every Muslim and is visited by 5 million people every year.
The great development Madinah city is witnessing in urban sector requires a fast and accurate street naming system in a way that facilitates the mobility and accessibility
The addressing system involves naming streets and numbering the properties along them. Street addressing is an effective coordination of physical development. As a system it goes beyond the mere naming of streets and numbering of properties. It includes developing digitized maps for use in the management of settlements and urban communities' .The maps with the information thereon can be developed into GIS [geographical information system] as a database.