Gaborone

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Gaborone is #8FJKC-HTC03. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.11 m east to west, centred on 24°39'16.26"S, 25°54'30.92"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 Gaborone, near its centre, and Gaborone is the capital of Botswana.

Code

#8FJKC-HTC03

With a check character

#8FJKC-HTC03*M

Short form

HTC03

Cell centre

-24.654516, 25.908588

Cell size

2.56 m by 3.11 m

Country

Botswana

Population

246,325

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #8FJKC-HTC03. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Botswana

Gaborone HTC03: 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 Gaborone. 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

#8FJKC-HTC03*M. 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 48.6 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. K8FJKMetropolitan area40 km by 48.6 km
2. C8FJKCDistrict8 km by 9.71 km
3. H8FJKCHSuburb1.6 km by 1.94 km
4. T8FJKCHTA few streets320 m by 388 m
5. C8FJKCHTCBuilding64 m by 77.7 m
6. 08FJKCHTC0Entrance12.8 m by 15.5 m
7. 38FJKCHTC03Doorway2.56 m by 3.11 m

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