Xunantunich

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Xunantunich is #GL2CG-7X0F5. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.27 m east to west, centred on 17°05'24.67"N, 89°08'31.94"W, and it turns back into that cell on any phone or computer by arithmetic alone: no network, no account, no lookup table.

What it is

Ancient Maya archaeological site in western Belize

Code

#GL2CG-7X0F5

With a check character

#GL2CG-7X0F5*6

Short form

7X0F5

Cell centre

17.090185, -89.142205

Cell size

2.56 m by 3.27 m

Region

Cayo District

Country

Belize

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #GL2CG-7X0F5. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Cayo District

Xunantunich 7X0F5: 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 5.1 km east or west of Xunantunich. 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

#GL2CG-7X0F5*6. 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 51.1 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. CGL2CMetropolitan area40 km by 51.1 km
2. GGL2CGDistrict8 km by 10.2 km
3. 7GL2CG7Suburb1.6 km by 2.04 km
4. XGL2CG7XA few streets320 m by 409 m
5. 0GL2CG7X0Building64 m by 81.7 m
6. FGL2CG7X0FEntrance12.8 m by 16.3 m
7. 5GL2CG7X0F5Doorway2.56 m by 3.27 m

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