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Zaragoza

AragonSpain

Grid Point Code for Zaragoza
With a code
#HXJ15-HM2DJ
Said aloud
Zaragoza HM2DJ

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Zaragoza is #HXJ15-HM2DJ. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.56 m east to west, centred on 41°39'21.80"N, 0°52'38.45"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 Zaragoza, near its centre.

Code
#HXJ15-HM2DJ
With a check character
#HXJ15-HM2DJ*0
Short form
HM2DJ
Cell centre
41.656055, -0.877348
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.56 m
Region
Aragon
Country
Spain
Population
686,986

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #HXJ15-HM2DJ. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Aragon

Zaragoza HM2DJ: 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 Zaragoza. 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

#HXJ15-HM2DJ*0. 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 39.9 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. HXJ1Metropolitan area40 km by 39.9 km
  2. HXJ15District8 km by 7.98 km
  3. HXJ15HSuburb1.6 km by 1.6 km
  4. HXJ15HMA few streets320 m by 319 m
  5. HXJ15HM2Building64 m by 63.9 m
  6. HXJ15HM2DEntrance12.8 m by 12.8 m
  7. HXJ15HM2DJDoorway2.56 m by 2.56 m

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