Plitvice Lakes National Park

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Plitvice Lakes National Park is #J1R27-66GD4. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.42 m east to west, centred on 44°52'49.56"N, 15°36'57.73"E, 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

National park of Croatia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Code

#J1R27-66GD4

With a check character

#J1R27-66GD4*6

Short form

66GD4

Cell centre

44.880434, 15.616036

Cell size

2.56 m by 2.42 m

Region

Karlovac County

Country

Croatia

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #J1R27-66GD4. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Karlovac County

Plitvice Lakes National Park 66GD4: 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 3.8 km east or west of Plitvice Lakes National Park. 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

#J1R27-66GD4*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 37.9 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. 2J1R2Metropolitan area40 km by 37.9 km
2. 7J1R27District8 km by 7.57 km
3. 6J1R276Suburb1.6 km by 1.51 km
4. 6J1R2766A few streets320 m by 303 m
5. GJ1R2766GBuilding64 m by 60.6 m
6. DJ1R2766GDEntrance12.8 m by 12.1 m
7. 4J1R2766GD4Doorway2.56 m by 2.42 m

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