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Canberra

Australian Capital TerritoryAustralia

With a code
#6LTN1-TNLPX
Said aloud
Canberra TNLPX

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Canberra is #6LTN1-TNLPX. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.79 m east to west, centred on 35°17'00.48"S, 149°07'41.07"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 Canberra, near its centre, and Canberra is the capital of Australia.

Code
#6LTN1-TNLPX
With a check character
#6LTN1-TNLPX*N
Short form
TNLPX
Cell centre
-35.283468, 149.128074
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.79 m
Region
Australian Capital Territory
Country
Australia
Population
367,752

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #6LTN1-TNLPX. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Australian Capital Territory

Canberra TNLPX: 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 Canberra. 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

#6LTN1-TNLPX*N. 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 43.6 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. 6LTNMetropolitan area40 km by 43.6 km
  2. 6LTN1District8 km by 8.72 km
  3. 6LTN1TSuburb1.6 km by 1.74 km
  4. 6LTN1TNA few streets320 m by 349 m
  5. 6LTN1TNLBuilding64 m by 69.8 m
  6. 6LTN1TNLPEntrance12.8 m by 14 m
  7. 6LTN1TNLPXDoorway2.56 m by 2.79 m

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