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Albuquerque

New MexicoUnited States

With a code
#G8XFC-9GWG1
Said aloud
Albuquerque 9GWG1

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Albuquerque is #G8XFC-9GWG1. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.80 m east to west, centred on 35°05'04.18"N, 106°39'04.07"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 Albuquerque, near its centre.

Code
#G8XFC-9GWG1
With a check character
#G8XFC-9GWG1*8
Short form
9GWG1
Cell centre
35.084494, -106.651131
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.80 m
Region
New Mexico
Country
United States
Population
564,559

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #G8XFC-9GWG1. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in New Mexico

Albuquerque 9GWG1: 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 4.4 km east or west of Albuquerque. 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

#G8XFC-9GWG1*8. 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 43.7 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. G8XFMetropolitan area40 km by 43.7 km
  2. G8XFCDistrict8 km by 8.74 km
  3. G8XFC9Suburb1.6 km by 1.75 km
  4. G8XFC9GA few streets320 m by 350 m
  5. G8XFC9GWBuilding64 m by 70 m
  6. G8XFC9GWGEntrance12.8 m by 14 m
  7. G8XFC9GWG1Doorway2.56 m by 2.8 m

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