Guatemala City

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Guatemala City is #GL7RL-9MH0H. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.31 m east to west, centred on 14°38'26.56"N, 90°30'47.77"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 Guatemala City, near its centre, and Guatemala City is the capital of Guatemala.

Code

#GL7RL-9MH0H

With a check character

#GL7RL-9MH0H*F

Short form

9MH0H

Cell centre

14.640710, -90.513270

Cell size

2.56 m by 3.31 m

Country

Guatemala

Population

994,938

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #GL7RL-9MH0H. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Guatemala

Guatemala City 9MH0H: 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 5.2 km east or west of Guatemala City. 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

#GL7RL-9MH0H*F. 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 51.7 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. RGL7RMetropolitan area40 km by 51.7 km
2. LGL7RLDistrict8 km by 10.3 km
3. 9GL7RL9Suburb1.6 km by 2.07 km
4. MGL7RL9MA few streets320 m by 414 m
5. HGL7RL9MHBuilding64 m by 82.7 m
6. 0GL7RL9MH0Entrance12.8 m by 16.5 m
7. HGL7RL9MH0HDoorway2.56 m by 3.31 m

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