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São José dos Campos

São PauloBrazil

With a code
#9GHP7-09G3C
Said aloud
São José dos Campos 09G3C

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for São José dos Campos is #9GHP7-09G3C. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.14 m east to west, centred on 23°10'46.02"S, 45°53'12.98"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 São José dos Campos, near its centre.

Code
#9GHP7-09G3C
With a check character
#9GHP7-09G3C*P
Short form
09G3C
Cell centre
-23.179450, -45.886940
Cell size
2.56 m by 3.14 m
Region
São Paulo
Country
Brazil
Population
727,078

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #9GHP7-09G3C. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in São Paulo

São José dos Campos 09G3C: 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 4.9 km east or west of São José dos Campos. 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

#9GHP7-09G3C*P. 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 49.1 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. 9GHPMetropolitan area40 km by 49.1 km
  2. 9GHP7District8 km by 9.82 km
  3. 9GHP70Suburb1.6 km by 1.96 km
  4. 9GHP709A few streets320 m by 393 m
  5. 9GHP709GBuilding64 m by 78.6 m
  6. 9GHP709G3Entrance12.8 m by 15.7 m
  7. 9GHP709G3CDoorway2.56 m by 3.14 m

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