Nassau

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Nassau is #GGLR9-1WLP7. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.10 m east to west, centred on 25°03'29.60"N, 77°20'34.99"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 Nassau, near its centre, and Nassau is the capital of Bahamas.

Code

#GGLR9-1WLP7

With a check character

#GGLR9-1WLP7*C

Short form

1WLP7

Cell centre

25.058223, -77.343053

Cell size

2.56 m by 3.10 m

Region

New Providence

Country

Bahamas

Population

227,940

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #GGLR9-1WLP7. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in New Providence

Nassau 1WLP7: 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 4.8 km east or west of Nassau. 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

#GGLR9-1WLP7*C. 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 48.4 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. RGGLRMetropolitan area40 km by 48.4 km
2. 9GGLR9District8 km by 9.68 km
3. 1GGLR91Suburb1.6 km by 1.94 km
4. WGGLR91WA few streets320 m by 387 m
5. LGGLR91WLBuilding64 m by 77.4 m
6. PGGLR91WLPEntrance12.8 m by 15.5 m
7. 7GGLR91WLP7Doorway2.56 m by 3.1 m

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