Grid Point Code

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Wellington

Wellington RegionNew Zealand

With a code
#6PFPJ-FX7WR
Said aloud
Wellington FX7WR

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Wellington is #6PFPJ-FX7WR. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.57 m east to west, centred on 41°17'11.88"S, 174°46'32.01"E, 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 Wellington, near its centre, and Wellington is the capital of New Zealand.

Code
#6PFPJ-FX7WR
With a check character
#6PFPJ-FX7WR*P
Short form
FX7WR
Cell centre
-41.286632, 174.775557
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.57 m
Region
Wellington Region
Country
New Zealand
Population
381,900

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #6PFPJ-FX7WR. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Wellington Region

Wellington FX7WR: 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 4.0 km east or west of Wellington. 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

#6PFPJ-FX7WR*P. 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 40.2 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. 6PFPMetropolitan area40 km by 40.2 km
  2. 6PFPJDistrict8 km by 8.03 km
  3. 6PFPJFSuburb1.6 km by 1.61 km
  4. 6PFPJFXA few streets320 m by 321 m
  5. 6PFPJFX7Building64 m by 64.2 m
  6. 6PFPJFX7WEntrance12.8 m by 12.8 m
  7. 6PFPJFX7WRDoorway2.56 m by 2.57 m

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