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Fort Worth

TexasUnited States

Grid Point Code for Fort Worth
With a code
#G8N2R-DDPPK
Said aloud
Fort Worth DDPPK

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Fort Worth is #G8N2R-DDPPK. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.88 m east to west, centred on 32°43'31.46"N, 97°19'15.07"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 Fort Worth, near its centre.

Code
#G8N2R-DDPPK
With a check character
#G8N2R-DDPPK*5
Short form
DDPPK
Cell centre
32.725405, -97.320852
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.88 m
Region
Texas
Country
United States
Population
1,008,106

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #G8N2R-DDPPK. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Texas

Fort Worth DDPPK: 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 4.5 km east or west of Fort Worth. 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

#G8N2R-DDPPK*5. 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 45 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. G8N2Metropolitan area40 km by 45 km
  2. G8N2RDistrict8 km by 8.99 km
  3. G8N2RDSuburb1.6 km by 1.8 km
  4. G8N2RDDA few streets320 m by 360 m
  5. G8N2RDDPBuilding64 m by 71.9 m
  6. G8N2RDDPPEntrance12.8 m by 14.4 m
  7. G8N2RDDPPKDoorway2.56 m by 2.88 m

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