2. A method of creating a Unified Geographic Database (UGD) by registering a universal location address (ULA) for a geographical location of an entity, the method comprising: receiving geographical location information for an entity; geocoding the geographical location information into a ULA based on the World Geographic Referencing System (WGRS) by first transforming the geographical location information into reference grid coordinates, wherein a reference grid for the geographical location is selected, at least in part, according to the geographical location's proximity to a regional centroid of a candidate reference grid or a governmental jurisdiction associated with the geographical location, and determining the ULA based on the location of the latitude/longitude coordinates of the geographical location of the entity within the reference grid; and storing the ULA and geographical location information as a record in the UGD.
2. A method of creating a Unified Geographic Database (UGD) by registering a universal location address (ULA) for a geographical location of an entity, the method comprising: receiving geographical location information for an entity; geocoding the geographical location information into a ULA based on the World Geographic Referencing System (WGRS) by first transforming the geographical location information into reference grid coordinates, wherein a reference grid for the geographical location is selected, at least in part, according to the geographical location's proximity to a regional centroid of a candidate reference grid or a governmental jurisdiction associated with the geographical location, and determining the ULA based on the location of the latitude/longitude coordinates of the geographical location of the entity within the reference grid; and storing the ULA and geographical location information as a record in the UGD. 23. The method of claim 2 , further including receiving a proprietary name for the entity and storing the proprietary name with the ULA and geographical location information in the record.