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Copper Canyon

near CreelChihuahuaMexico

Grid Point Code for Copper Canyon
With a code
#G845F-2P502
Said aloud
Copper Canyon 2P502

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Copper Canyon is #G845F-2P502. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.03 m east to west, centred on 27°30'57.99"N, 107°45'57.01"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
Mountain range in Mexico
Code
#G845F-2P502
With a check character
#G845F-2P502*R
Short form
2P502
Cell centre
27.516108, -107.765837
Cell size
2.56 m by 3.03 m
Region
Chihuahua
Country
Mexico

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #G845F-2P502. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Chihuahua

Copper Canyon 2P502: 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 4.7 km east or west of Copper Canyon. 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

#G845F-2P502*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 47.4 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. G845Metropolitan area40 km by 47.4 km
  2. G845FDistrict8 km by 9.48 km
  3. G845F2Suburb1.6 km by 1.9 km
  4. G845F2PA few streets320 m by 379 m
  5. G845F2P5Building64 m by 75.8 m
  6. G845F2P50Entrance12.8 m by 15.2 m
  7. G845F2P502Doorway2.56 m by 3.03 m

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