Brussels

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Brussels is #PX655-8LFTR. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.16 m east to west, centred on 50°51'01.60"N, 4°20'55.57"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 Brussels, near its centre, and Brussels is the capital of Belgium.

Code

#PX655-8LFTR

With a check character

#PX655-8LFTR*F

Short form

8LFTR

Cell centre

50.850444, 4.348769

Cell size

2.56 m by 2.16 m

Region

Brussels Capital

Country

Belgium

Population

1,019,022

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #PX655-8LFTR. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Brussels Capital

Brussels 8LFTR: 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 3.4 km east or west of Brussels. 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

#PX655-8LFTR*F. 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 33.7 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. 5PX65Metropolitan area40 km by 33.7 km
2. 5PX655District8 km by 6.75 km
3. 8PX6558Suburb1.6 km by 1.35 km
4. LPX6558LA few streets320 m by 270 m
5. FPX6558LFBuilding64 m by 54 m
6. TPX6558LFTEntrance12.8 m by 10.8 m
7. RPX6558LFTRDoorway2.56 m by 2.16 m

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