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The globe is divided into eight sections:
• Region 1: Canada, United States, Puerto Rico, Bermuda, the Virgin Islands, and some
islands
• Region 2: Japan, Western Europe (including Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, and the Balkans),
South Africa, Turkey, and the Middle East (including Iran and Egypt)
• Region 3: Southeast Asia (including Indonesia, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Macao)
• Region 4: Australia, New Zealand, South America, most of Central America, Papua New
Guinea, and most of the South Pacific
• Region 5: Most of Africa, Russia (and former Russian states), Mongolia, Afghanistan,
Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and North Korea
• Region 6: China and Tibet
• Region 7: (Reserved)
• Region 8: Airlines, cruise ships, and other types of transportation
Here is a table of regions and values for SPRM 20:
SPRM 20 valueRegion
11
22
43
84
165
326
647
1288
Using Bit-Wise Operations
More often than not, when working with the SPRM values, you will only be interested in
certain bits of each 16-bit value. The “bit-wise” operations (and, or, and exclusive or),
make it possible to mask the bits that are not needed, allowing you to determine the
states of the specific bits you need.
Note: You need to have a basic understanding of working with binary numbers to be
able to use these operations.
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