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Maracay

AraguaVenezuela

Grid Point Code for Maracay
With a code
#GJWNC-5LR9J
Said aloud
Maracay 5LR9J

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Maracay is #GJWNC-5LR9J. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.37 m east to west, centred on 10°14'59.01"N, 67°35'41.05"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 Maracay, near its centre.

Code
#GJWNC-5LR9J
With a check character
#GJWNC-5LR9J*9
Short form
5LR9J
Cell centre
10.249724, -67.594737
Cell size
2.56 m by 3.37 m
Region
Aragua
Country
Venezuela
Population
464,700

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #GJWNC-5LR9J. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Aragua

Maracay 5LR9J: 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 5.3 km east or west of Maracay. 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

#GJWNC-5LR9J*9. 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 52.6 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. GJWNMetropolitan area40 km by 52.6 km
  2. GJWNCDistrict8 km by 10.5 km
  3. GJWNC5Suburb1.6 km by 2.1 km
  4. GJWNC5LA few streets320 m by 421 m
  5. GJWNC5LRBuilding64 m by 84.1 m
  6. GJWNC5LR9Entrance12.8 m by 16.8 m
  7. GJWNC5LR9JDoorway2.56 m by 3.37 m

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