Samaria Gorge

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Samaria Gorge is #J8PCP-T5PD1. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.79 m east to west, centred on 35°16'16.02"N, 23°57'41.04"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 in Crete, Greece

Code

#J8PCP-T5PD1

With a check character

#J8PCP-T5PD1*R

Short form

T5PD1

Cell centre

35.271118, 23.961400

Cell size

2.56 m by 2.79 m

Region

Crete Region

Country

Greece

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #J8PCP-T5PD1. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Crete Region

Samaria Gorge T5PD1: 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 4.4 km east or west of Samaria Gorge. 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

#J8PCP-T5PD1*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 43.6 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. CJ8PCMetropolitan area40 km by 43.6 km
2. PJ8PCPDistrict8 km by 8.72 km
3. TJ8PCPTSuburb1.6 km by 1.74 km
4. 5J8PCPT5A few streets320 m by 349 m
5. PJ8PCPT5PBuilding64 m by 69.8 m
6. DJ8PCPT5PDEntrance12.8 m by 14 m
7. 1J8PCPT5PD1Doorway2.56 m by 2.79 m

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