Grid Point Code

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Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires F.D.Argentina

With a code
#950K3-57FJN
Said aloud
Buenos Aires 57FJN

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Buenos Aires is #950K3-57FJN. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.81 m east to west, centred on 34°36'47.31"S, 58°22'38.03"W, 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 Buenos Aires, near its centre, and Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina.

Code
#950K3-57FJN
With a check character
#950K3-57FJN*M
Short form
57FJN
Cell centre
-34.613142, -58.377231
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.81 m
Region
Buenos Aires F.D.
Country
Argentina
Population
2,891,082

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #950K3-57FJN. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Buenos Aires F.D.

Buenos Aires 57FJN: 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 4.4 km east or west of Buenos Aires. 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

#950K3-57FJN*M. 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 44 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. 950KMetropolitan area40 km by 44 km
  2. 950K3District8 km by 8.8 km
  3. 950K35Suburb1.6 km by 1.76 km
  4. 950K357A few streets320 m by 352 m
  5. 950K357FBuilding64 m by 70.4 m
  6. 950K357FJEntrance12.8 m by 14.1 m
  7. 950K357FJNDoorway2.56 m by 2.81 m

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