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Scott, Seth, others who may be interested,<br>
<br>
I worked up a demo spreadsheet that shows how you can label anything
with a simple <b>12 character code</b> (for instance hydrants, or
even mail/packages) and have that code encapsulate 6 decimal
accuracy geo coding (about 1 meter accuracy). The code is designed
to be compact and easy to speak. Case is not important and the
letters O, I, L, and Z are not used because of frequent confusion
with numbers (0,1,2). <br>
<br>
The spreadsheet both encodes and decodes. Unambiguous, universal
format works worldwide down to a meter. <br>
<br>
You can get the file named <b>encodelatlon.xls</b> from this
directory:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://clbcm.com/shrug/">http://clbcm.com/shrug/</a><br>
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There are no macros (or VBA code) in the spreadsheet but you will
likely have to "allow editing" if you want to play around with it. <br>
<br>
Rick<br>
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Richard J. Labs, CFA, CPA
CL&B Capital Management, LLC
Phone: 315-637-0915
E-mail (preferred for efficiency): <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rick@clbcm.com">rick@clbcm.com</a>
Mailing address: 8 Laureldale Dr., Pittsford, NY 14534-3508</pre>
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