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Milwaukee

WisconsinUnited States

With a code
#G26WC-M2R7D
Said aloud
Milwaukee M2R7D

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Milwaukee is #G26WC-M2R7D. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.50 m east to west, centred on 43°02'20.01"N, 87°54'23.27"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 Milwaukee, near its centre.

Code
#G26WC-M2R7D
With a check character
#G26WC-M2R7D*C
Short form
M2R7D
Cell centre
43.038893, -87.906463
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.50 m
Region
Wisconsin
Country
United States
Population
563,531

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #G26WC-M2R7D. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Wisconsin

Milwaukee M2R7D: 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 3.9 km east or west of Milwaukee. 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

#G26WC-M2R7D*C. 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 39.1 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. G26WMetropolitan area40 km by 39.1 km
  2. G26WCDistrict8 km by 7.81 km
  3. G26WCMSuburb1.6 km by 1.56 km
  4. G26WCM2A few streets320 m by 312 m
  5. G26WCM2RBuilding64 m by 62.5 m
  6. G26WCM2R7Entrance12.8 m by 12.5 m
  7. G26WCM2R7DDoorway2.56 m by 2.5 m

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