NAC Locator
Maps Local Directions
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NAC ("8KDB PGFD"), address ("4168 Finch Ave. E., Toronto, ON, Canada"), city ("London, UK"), POI ("Eiffel Tower, Paris, France") or Postcode ("M1W 2N8, Canada")
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1. Location Signature
With the NAC Enhanced Google Maps, everybody can otain the Natural Area
Code (NAC) of any area and the Universal Address (i.e the eight or ten
character NAC) of any location in the world instantly. Everybody can
also get the local map corresponding to any NAC including Universal
Address immediately. Thus, it is the time to use the NAC as the standard,
efficient and language independent location signature to specify any
area or location in the world for any publications: web pages, emails,
newspapers, etc. A news report including the NAC such as: "A school
bus collided with a Canadian Pacific Railway truck yesterday
(2006-10-17) about 13 kilometers west of Regina, SK, Canada
(NAC: 688S RDBD)"
can greatly help readers find the exact location on all NAC enhanced maps.
NAC can also be inserted into web pages as a meta tag and photographs to
get mapped and searched on local search engines.
2. Get the Map of a NAC
Put a NAC into the URL such as: http://www.nactag.info/mmap.asp?addr=8KDB PGFD
or input it in the Location box and click "Get Map".
3. Get the NAC of a Location
Use the mouse to pan and/or zoom the map to the area
and click the location of interest to get its
NAC on both the top and bottom of the map (
the NAC of the center will be displayed when the cursor is not on the map).
4. Get the NAC of a Street Address
Input a street address into the Location box and click "Get Map"
which will show the NAC on both the top and bottom of the map
which is centered at the street address.
Note, country name if other than US should be included in the address.
Currently, it supports addresses from Australia, Canada,
France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Spain and United States.
Frequently Used NACs and Universal Addresses
| City | NAC |
| Baghdad, Iraq | LN-P NJ |
| Beijing, China | SN-P PM |
| Berlin, Germany | J3 RQ |
| Bombay, India | P2 L4 |
| Cairo, Egypt | KL N0 |
| Delhi, India | PF MR |
| Hangzhou, China | T0 N1 |
| Hong Kong, China | SH LP |
| Istanbul, Turkey | KD PT |
| Jakarta, Indonesia | RV FZ |
| London, UK | GZ RK |
| Los Angeles | 54 NN |
| Madrid, Spain | GN PQ |
| Melbourne, Australia | W2 8N-P |
| Moscow, Russia | L3-4 S8 |
| New York, US | 8T PR |
| Okara, Pakistan | P3 N4 |
| Ottawa, Canada | 8N QK |
| Paris, France | H5 R4 |
| Rome, Italy | J1 PZ |
| Shanghai, China | T3 N6 |
| Sao Paolo, Brazil | C3 C2 |
| Seoul, South Korea | TK P7 |
| Singapore | RM H6 |
| Stockholm, Sweden | JH SV |
| Sydney, Australia | WK-L 9B |
| Taibei, China | T3 M5 |
| Tokyo, Japan | VM NX |
| Toronto, Canada | 8C Q8 |
| Washington DC, US | 8K PG |
About NAC and Universal Address
A Natural Area Code (NAC) can represent both an area or a location anywhere in the world. A two, four, six,
eight or ten character NAC represents respectively an area about 1000km X 700km (like a province), 33km X 23km
(like a city), one square kilometer (like a street block), 35m X 25m (like a building) or one square meter
anywhere in the world. Since an eight or ten character NAC has reached the resolution of a traditional address,
it is also called a Universal Address, for example, NAC: 8KDB PGFD is the Universal Address of Washington
Monument. Using a NAC instead of a traditional address to specify a location can reduce 80% of key input, avoid
difficulties in inputting addresses with foreign characters, eliminate the needs of address databases and specify
all locations no matter whether there are traditional addresses or not. A group
of neighboring NACs can be combined into one NAC such as: 8C Q8 plus 8D Q8 plus 8F Q8 can be written as 8C-F Q8.
If the character after the hyphen represents a number smaller than the character before the hyphen, it means
a rotation, e.g., 8CX-2 Q8S represents 8CX Q8S plus 8CZ Q8S plus 8D1 Q8S plus 8D2 Q8S (note there are no vowels:
A, E, I, O, U, Y in any NAC). A NAC like 8C0-Z Q8D can be simplified to 8C Q8D. Therefore, a NAC can be used
to represent various rectangular areas anywhere in the world.
To show the location of a NAC, use
http://www.nactag.info/mmap.asp?addr=8KD7 PGGM (White House).
To find nearby businesses, use http://www.nactag.info/mlocal.asp?keywords=gas station&addr=8CFC PGFC.
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Note: Natural Area Code, NAC and Universal Address are trade marks of NAC Geographic Products Inc.
(c) 2009 NAC Geographic Products Inc.
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