Pago Pago

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Pago Pago is #DJGXM-JGKNF. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.31 m east to west, centred on 14°16'41.02"S, 170°42'09.05"W, and it turns back into that cell on any phone or computer by arithmetic alone: no network, no account, no lookup table.

The point used is the one GeoNames records for Pago Pago, near its centre, and Pago Pago is the capital of American Samoa.

Code

#DJGXM-JGKNF

With a check character

#DJGXM-JGKNF*R

Short form

JGKNF

Cell centre

-14.278061, -170.702515

Cell size

2.56 m by 3.31 m

Region

Eastern District

Country

American Samoa

Population

11,500

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #DJGXM-JGKNF. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Eastern District

Pago Pago JGKNF: a name both people know, then the last five characters. They give back the exact code for anywhere within 4.0 km north or south and 5.2 km east or west of Pago Pago. Further away the same five name somewhere else, which is why the whole code is what goes on a sign.

Copied by hand, or read over a phone

#DJGXM-JGKNF*R. The character on the end catches any single mistyped symbol and any two neighbours swapped.

As a link or a square code

Open it on the map, move to the exact door, and add directions if the code needs help: "blue gate, second floor". The link and the square code carry them. Nothing is kept on this site.

From the city to the door

The first four characters name a cell about 40 km by 51.8 km here. Each one after that picks one of 25 inside the last, so the whole ten name a spot about the size of a doorway.

1. XDJGXMetropolitan area40 km by 51.8 km
2. MDJGXMDistrict8 km by 10.4 km
3. JDJGXMJSuburb1.6 km by 2.07 km
4. GDJGXMJGA few streets320 m by 414 m
5. KDJGXMJGKBuilding64 m by 82.9 m
6. NDJGXMJGKNEntrance12.8 m by 16.6 m
7. FDJGXMJGKNFDoorway2.56 m by 3.31 m