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Leeds

EnglandUnited Kingdom

Grid Point Code for Leeds
With a code
#R0PWD-4RJ7J
Said aloud
Leeds 4RJ7J

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Leeds is #R0PWD-4RJ7J. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.02 m east to west, centred on 53°47'47.31"N, 1°32'52.23"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 Leeds, near its centre.

Code
#R0PWD-4RJ7J
With a check character
#R0PWD-4RJ7J*K
Short form
4RJ7J
Cell centre
53.796476, -1.547843
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.02 m
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
536,280

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #R0PWD-4RJ7J. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in England

Leeds 4RJ7J: 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 3.2 km east or west of Leeds. 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

#R0PWD-4RJ7J*K. 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 31.6 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. R0PWMetropolitan area40 km by 31.6 km
  2. R0PWDDistrict8 km by 6.31 km
  3. R0PWD4Suburb1.6 km by 1.26 km
  4. R0PWD4RA few streets320 m by 252 m
  5. R0PWD4RJBuilding64 m by 50.5 m
  6. R0PWD4RJ7Entrance12.8 m by 10.1 m
  7. R0PWD4RJ7JDoorway2.56 m by 2.02 m

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