Andorra la Vella

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Andorra la Vella is #J0980-5W5LN. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.52 m east to west, centred on 42°30'28.07"N, 1°31'15.91"E, and it turns back into that cell on any phone or computer by arithmetic alone: no network, no account, no lookup table.

The point used is the one GeoNames records for Andorra la Vella, near its centre, and Andorra la Vella is the capital of Andorra.

Code

#J0980-5W5LN

With a check character

#J0980-5W5LN*L

Short form

5W5LN

Cell centre

42.507798, 1.521085

Cell size

2.56 m by 2.52 m

Country

Andorra

Population

20,430

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #J0980-5W5LN. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Andorra

Andorra la Vella 5W5LN: a name both people know, then the last five characters. They give back the exact code for anywhere within 4.0 km north or south and 3.9 km east or west of Andorra la Vella. Further away the same five name somewhere else, which is why the whole code is what goes on a sign.

Copied by hand, or read over a phone

#J0980-5W5LN*L. The character on the end catches any single mistyped symbol and any two neighbours swapped.

As a link or a square code

Open it on the map, move to the exact door, and add directions if the code needs help: "blue gate, second floor". The link and the square code carry them. Nothing is kept on this site.

From the city to the door

The first four characters name a cell about 40 km by 39.4 km here. Each one after that picks one of 25 inside the last, so the whole ten name a spot about the size of a doorway.

1. 8J098Metropolitan area40 km by 39.4 km
2. 0J0980District8 km by 7.88 km
3. 5J09805Suburb1.6 km by 1.58 km
4. WJ09805WA few streets320 m by 315 m
5. 5J09805W5Building64 m by 63 m
6. LJ09805W5LEntrance12.8 m by 12.6 m
7. NJ09805W5LNDoorway2.56 m by 2.52 m

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