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Lake Louise

near BanffAlbertaCanada

Grid Point Code for Lake Louise
With a code
#TX6FX-1LK80
Said aloud
Lake Louise 1LK80

Open in the playground

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Lake Louise is #TX6FX-1LK80. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.13 m east to west, centred on 51°24'42.03"N, 116°13'41.02"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
Lake in Alberta, Canada
Code
#TX6FX-1LK80
With a check character
#TX6FX-1LK80*R
Short form
1LK80
Cell centre
51.411675, -116.228060
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.13 m
Region
Alberta
Country
Canada

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #TX6FX-1LK80. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Alberta

Lake Louise 1LK80: 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 3.3 km east or west of Lake Louise. 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

#TX6FX-1LK80*R. 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 33.3 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. TX6FMetropolitan area40 km by 33.3 km
  2. TX6FXDistrict8 km by 6.67 km
  3. TX6FX1Suburb1.6 km by 1.33 km
  4. TX6FX1LA few streets320 m by 267 m
  5. TX6FX1LKBuilding64 m by 53.3 m
  6. TX6FX1LK8Entrance12.8 m by 10.7 m
  7. TX6FX1LK80Doorway2.56 m by 2.13 m

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