RAPID's an acronym for Rural Address Property IDentification, a scheme instituted in New Zealand to assist emergency services in identifying and locating rural properties. However, since the adoption of Australian/New Zealand Standard 4819:2003 Geographic Information – Rural and urban addressing in 2003, this scheme's now known as Rural Addressing. The acronym RAPID has since been applied to a project of the New Zealand Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management, entitled Response… (More on Rapid)