over here in the US of A, at least my northwest corner of it, there seems to be a relentless urge to get everything on a grid from some imaginary 0,0 origin point in the county (subdivision of a state).
So, one's address is #### - ##th Street SW, or whatever; even in a rural area where the "street" or "avenue" is really a road without sidewalks (pavements), and ditches instead of gutters. Yes, relatively easy to locate, but all of the old road names fall into disuse, except for the ones for roads which obey topography and not the super-imposed Cartesian Grid. Occasional one sees a sign for "##th Ave NE" with an additional label for "Johnson Road" or whoever the original farmer was out that way. Old-timers still use the road names, but many of the young-uns are without a clue. "Jensen Road? Oh, NW 56th Avenue, except that after it bends it becomes 283rd Street NW ..."
In the state of Utah, street numbering is often based on a grid laid out from the original Mormon temple in the town. 2150 East 13400 South, etc. Once you learn how the grid works, you can find your way around.
For flatter areas over here, west of the original Colonies, the land survey system set up 6 mile by 6 mile "townships", with 1 mile by one mile "sections" to make it easier for homesteaders to claim and identify their 160 acre parcel. As a consequence, a one-mile grid of roads is very common. Many are labeled with letters east-west and numbers north-south. In towns, numbered streets one direction, and named in another, are common: names may be letters, trees in alphabetical order, or US Presidents in order of their rule. If there's a "Railroad Street", it's typically adjacent to the railroad line through town.
I suspect that all of these addressing systems are pretty easy to explain to Google Maps.
In days of not-so-long-ago-yore, many rural addresses were stated in a manner to make it easy for the Post Office to sort and deliver mail. Thus a house on the Nowheresville Highway might be Route 2, Box 151, Podunk, Your-State-Name-Here. The rural mail carrier for Route 2 - whichever roads it involved - knew where to find the mailbox.
And, Harris and Lewis - it was a bit puzzling to drive past the sign labeling the dividing line, without passing over water; one contiguous bit of rock, but different names depending on which end you were on.