Los Angeles

CaliforniaUnited States

With a code: #G953G-R76H8
Said aloud: Los Angeles R76H8

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Los Angeles is #G953G-R76H8. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.83 m east to west, centred on 34°03'08.04"N, 118°14'37.29"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 Los Angeles, near its centre.

Code: #G953G-R76H8
With a check character: #G953G-R76H8*3
Short form: R76H8
Cell centre: 34.052233, -118.243692
Cell size: 2.56 m by 2.83 m
Region: California
Country: United States
Population: 3,820,914

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note: The whole code, #G953G-R76H8. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.
Said aloud, in California: Los Angeles R76H8: 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 Los Angeles. 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: #G953G-R76H8*3. 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 44.3 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.

G953Metropolitan area40 km by 44.3 km
G953GDistrict8 km by 8.85 km
G953GRSuburb1.6 km by 1.77 km
G953GR7A few streets320 m by 354 m
G953GR76Building64 m by 70.8 m
G953GR76HEntrance12.8 m by 14.2 m
G953GR76H8Doorway2.56 m by 2.83 m

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