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Las Vegas

NevadaUnited States

Grid Point Code for Las Vegas
With a code
#G0TPC-GRM8W
Said aloud
Las Vegas GRM8W

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Las Vegas is #G0TPC-GRM8W. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.76 m east to west, centred on 36°10'29.92"N, 115°08'14.01"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 Las Vegas, near its centre.

Code
#G0TPC-GRM8W
With a check character
#G0TPC-GRM8W*4
Short form
GRM8W
Cell centre
36.174977, -115.137224
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.76 m
Region
Nevada
Country
United States
Population
641,903

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #G0TPC-GRM8W. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Nevada

Las Vegas GRM8W: 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 4.3 km east or west of Las Vegas. 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

#G0TPC-GRM8W*4. 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 43.1 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. G0TPMetropolitan area40 km by 43.1 km
  2. G0TPCDistrict8 km by 8.63 km
  3. G0TPCGSuburb1.6 km by 1.73 km
  4. G0TPCGRA few streets320 m by 345 m
  5. G0TPCGRMBuilding64 m by 69 m
  6. G0TPCGRM8Entrance12.8 m by 13.8 m
  7. G0TPCGRM8WDoorway2.56 m by 2.76 m

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