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Brasília

Federal DistrictBrazil

With a code
#9KNJP-WWR7L
Said aloud
Brasília WWR7L

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Brasília is #9KNJP-WWR7L. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.29 m east to west, centred on 15°46'46.98"S, 47°55'47.02"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 Brasília, near its centre, and Brasília is the capital of Brazil.

Code
#9KNJP-WWR7L
With a check character
#9KNJP-WWR7L*C
Short form
WWR7L
Cell centre
-15.779716, -47.929728
Cell size
2.56 m by 3.29 m
Region
Federal District
Country
Brazil
Population
2,207,718

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #9KNJP-WWR7L. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Federal District

Brasília WWR7L: 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 5.1 km east or west of Brasília. 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

#9KNJP-WWR7L*C. 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 51.4 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. 9KNJMetropolitan area40 km by 51.4 km
  2. 9KNJPDistrict8 km by 10.3 km
  3. 9KNJPWSuburb1.6 km by 2.06 km
  4. 9KNJPWWA few streets320 m by 411 m
  5. 9KNJPWWRBuilding64 m by 82.3 m
  6. 9KNJPWWR7Entrance12.8 m by 16.5 m
  7. 9KNJPWWR7LDoorway2.56 m by 3.29 m

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