Grid Point Code

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Indianapolis

IndianaUnited States

With a code
#G2HPF-7MCN6
Said aloud
Indianapolis 7MCN6

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Indianapolis is #G2HPF-7MCN6. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.63 m east to west, centred on 39°46'06.20"N, 86°09'28.92"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 Indianapolis, near its centre.

Code
#G2HPF-7MCN6
With a check character
#G2HPF-7MCN6*1
Short form
7MCN6
Cell centre
39.768388, -86.158034
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.63 m
Region
Indiana
Country
United States
Population
887,642

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #G2HPF-7MCN6. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Indiana

Indianapolis 7MCN6: 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 4.1 km east or west of Indianapolis. 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

#G2HPF-7MCN6*1. 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 41.1 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. G2HPMetropolitan area40 km by 41.1 km
  2. G2HPFDistrict8 km by 8.21 km
  3. G2HPF7Suburb1.6 km by 1.64 km
  4. G2HPF7MA few streets320 m by 329 m
  5. G2HPF7MCBuilding64 m by 65.7 m
  6. G2HPF7MCNEntrance12.8 m by 13.1 m
  7. G2HPF7MCN6Doorway2.56 m by 2.63 m

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