Southern Gateway to the San Joaquin Valley

The southern gateway to the San Joaquin Valley is developed on part of the historic Tejon Ranch and is located south of Bakersfield, California.

Using the free map tool developed by Google, the site can be located by starting at the following website: plus.codes .   Part down the introductory page, there is a space a location to be searched.  For example, type the following examples into the "search for" space: X3P4+6Q Wheeler Ridge, CA or type X3P4+6Q Bakersfield, CA.  The precise location can also be found using the full alphanumeric address of the plus.codes nomenclature: 8563X3P4+6Q.

As an example for this posting, the address from the digital map pin is at 5701 Outlets at Tejon Pkway, Arvin, CA 93203.   The slick feature is that a city within about 25 miles and the code couplet consisting of four characters plus two characters will land on the same spot.  In the example above, X3P4 is the first part, the symbol for the plus sign "+" and followed by 6Q, the trailing two digits.  The other necessary data bit for location is more flexible and can be a nearby town.  In this example, the town reference can be Bakersfield, Arvin, Wheeler Ridge, Frazier Park or the 93203 zip code.

The initial search places a transparent colored square on the result and has code window along the bottom of the screen window.  Click on the "up" caret (Λ) on the left side of window, and a more detailed sidebar window appears showing the full eight-plus-two location, the latitude and longitude, and the postal street address.   In the sidebar window, there are three horizontal bars in the upper left that contain another opportunity to expand the detail:  the satellite or street map and a grid overlay that corresponds to the alphanumeric location code.

The plus.codes map tool is useful for confirming street addresses, locating nearby address, and verifying which sides of the street for a building location.  The system is constructed around a grid square and is more orderly and easier to write than a lengthy series of numbers associated with the latitude and longitude in the geographic coordinate system. 

Now, that is my opinion and your mileage may vary.  Ciao!