Grid Point Code

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Mirpur Model Thana

Dhaka DivisionBangladesh

With a code
#KFL8R-MG2L1
Said aloud
Mirpur Model Thana MG2L1

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Mirpur Model Thana is #KFL8R-MG2L1. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.13 m east to west, centred on 23°48'33.54"N, 90°21'39.34"E, 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 Mirpur Model Thana, near its centre.

Code
#KFL8R-MG2L1
With a check character
#KFL8R-MG2L1*K
Short form
MG2L1
Cell centre
23.809317, 90.360929
Cell size
2.56 m by 3.13 m
Region
Dhaka Division
Country
Bangladesh
Population
546,503

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #KFL8R-MG2L1. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Dhaka Division

Mirpur Model Thana MG2L1: 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 4.9 km east or west of Mirpur Model Thana. 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

#KFL8R-MG2L1*K. 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 48.9 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. KFL8Metropolitan area40 km by 48.9 km
  2. KFL8RDistrict8 km by 9.78 km
  3. KFL8RMSuburb1.6 km by 1.96 km
  4. KFL8RMGA few streets320 m by 391 m
  5. KFL8RMG2Building64 m by 78.2 m
  6. KFL8RMG2LEntrance12.8 m by 15.6 m
  7. KFL8RMG2L1Doorway2.56 m by 3.13 m

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