Plus Code Converter
Convert latitude and longitude to a Plus Code and back, at 2 to 15 digits, with the code area's centre, bounding box and size in metres.
Plus Code
8FVC9G8F+6W
- Centre of the cell
- 47.3655625, 8.5248125
- Centre in DMS
- 47°21'56.03"N 8°31'29.33"E
- South-west corner
- 47.3655000, 8.5247500
- North-east corner
- 47.3656250, 8.5248750
The same place at every code length
| Digits | Code | Cell size |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 8F000000+ | 1700.01 × 2223.90 km |
| 4 | 8FVC0000+ | 75.12 × 111.20 km |
| 6 | 8FVC9G00+ | 3.77 × 5.56 km |
| 8 | 8FVC9G8F+ | 188.28 × 277.99 m |
| 10 | 8FVC9G8F+6W | 9.41 × 13.90 m |
| 11 | 8FVC9G8F+6WG | 2.35 × 2.78 m |
| 12 | 8FVC9G8F+6WGC | 0.59 × 0.56 m |
| 13 | 8FVC9G8F+6WGCC | 0.15 × 0.11 m |
| 14 | 8FVC9G8F+6WGCCC | 0.04 × 0.02 m |
| 15 | 8FVC9G8F+6WGCCCC | 0.01 × 0.00 m |
What is the Plus Code Converter?
A Plus Code (Open Location Code) is a short, offline-friendly address for anywhere on Earth: 8FVC9G8F+6W names a rectangle roughly fourteen metres across, without needing a street name.
- Two-way conversion between WGS-84 degrees and Open Location Codes
- Every valid length from 2 to 15 digits, including the grid refinement characters
- Expands short codes like 9G8F+6W using a reference point you supply
- Reports the code area's centre, south-west and north-east corners and its size in metres
- A table showing the same place written at every code length
- Runs fully offline in your browser — no coordinates leave the page
How to use the Plus Code Converter
- 1
Choose a direction: latitude/longitude to Plus Code, or Plus Code back to coordinates.
- 2
Type the coordinates in decimal degrees or DMS, or paste the Plus Code you want to decode.
- 3
Pick a code length — ten digits is the everyday code that mapping apps show.
- 4
If you pasted a short code, fill in the reference latitude and longitude so it can be expanded.
- 5
Read the centre, the corners and the cell size, then copy the code or the coordinates.
About the Plus Code Converter
A Plus Code (Open Location Code) is a short, offline-friendly address for anywhere on Earth: 8FVC9G8F+6W names a rectangle roughly fourteen metres across, without needing a street name. This converter encodes any latitude and longitude into that code and decodes any code back into coordinates, showing the exact rectangle the code refers to.
Pick any length from 2 digits — a 110 km block — down to 15 digits, where the extra characters use the 4 by 5 refinement grid to narrow the box to a few centimetres. Short codes such as 9G8F+6W are supported too: give a nearby reference point and the tool expands them to the full global code.
Everything runs in your browser with JavaScript. Coordinates are never uploaded, logged or sent to any mapping service, so the page keeps working with the network off and is safe for locations you would rather not share.
Frequently asked questions
What is a Plus Code and how does it work?
A Plus Code is an address derived from coordinates instead of street names. It splits the world into a grid of 20 by 20 cells, then keeps subdividing, with each pair of characters naming one cell. Because the code is just maths, it works anywhere — including places with no formal addresses at all.
How accurate is a 10-digit Plus Code?
Ten digits names a cell of 0.000125 degrees in each direction, which is roughly 14 metres by 14 metres at the equator and narrower east-to-west as you move toward the poles. That is enough to identify a building entrance. Adding an eleventh digit shrinks it to about 3 metres by 2.8 metres.
Why does my Plus Code have only four characters before the plus sign?
That is a short code, meant to be used alongside a nearby town or city name. It drops the leading characters that would place it globally, so it needs a reference point to be resolved. Enter any coordinate within about 40 km in the reference fields and this tool rebuilds the full code.
Which characters are used in Plus Codes?
Only the twenty characters 23456789CFGHJMPQRVWX. Vowels and easily confused characters are deliberately left out so codes are hard to misread or to accidentally spell a real word. The digit 0 appears only as padding in short two- and four-digit codes.
Do Plus Codes use the same datum as GPS?
Yes. Open Location Codes are defined on WGS-84, the same datum your phone's GPS and mainstream mapping apps report, so you can paste coordinates straight from either without converting anything first.
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