System and method for automated address directory updating

A system for automated address directory updating, comprising a plurality of hardware systems configured to act together to perform the steps of:

• receiving a parcel having a destination address;
• determining address information from the destination address, the address information including a digitized address and an address image;
• determining if a previous address entry proposal, corresponding to the address information and having a counter, exists in a database;
• if the previous address entry proposal does not exist, then storing the address information in a new address entry proposal and initializing a counter for the new address entry proposal;
• if the previous address entry proposal does exist, then incrementing the counter for the previous address entry proposal;
• when the counter has reached a threshold, then
• adding the address information and an address image to the first addressing database;
• updating a wide-area address management system to include the address information;
• and
• propagating the address information to a plurality of local addressing databases,
• wherein only one address image corresponding to a destination database is stored in the address entry proposal.