Santa Cruz de la Sierra

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Santa Cruz de la Sierra is #C9W3D-XRLPW. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.26 m east to west, centred on 17°47'10.65"S, 63°10'52.19"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 Santa Cruz de la Sierra, near its centre.

Code

#C9W3D-XRLPW

With a check character

#C9W3D-XRLPW*M

Short form

XRLPW

Cell centre

-17.786292, -63.181164

Cell size

2.56 m by 3.26 m

Region

Santa Cruz Department

Country

Bolivia

Population

1,831,434

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #C9W3D-XRLPW. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Santa Cruz Department

Santa Cruz de la Sierra XRLPW: 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 Santa Cruz de la Sierra. 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

#C9W3D-XRLPW*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 50.9 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. 3C9W3Metropolitan area40 km by 50.9 km
2. DC9W3DDistrict8 km by 10.2 km
3. XC9W3DXSuburb1.6 km by 2.04 km
4. RC9W3DXRA few streets320 m by 407 m
5. LC9W3DXRLBuilding64 m by 81.4 m
6. PC9W3DXRLPEntrance12.8 m by 16.3 m
7. WC9W3DXRLPWDoorway2.56 m by 3.26 m

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