Bamenda

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Bamenda is #JP5KC-K2J5F. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.40 m east to west, centred on 5°57'34.92"N, 10°08'45.50"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 Bamenda, near its centre.

Code

#JP5KC-K2J5F

With a check character

#JP5KC-K2J5F*2

Short form

K2J5F

Cell centre

5.959699, 10.145971

Cell size

2.56 m by 3.40 m

Region

North-West

Country

Cameroon

Population

420,445

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #JP5KC-K2J5F. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in North-West

Bamenda K2J5F: 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 5.3 km east or west of Bamenda. 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

#JP5KC-K2J5F*2. 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 53.1 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. KJP5KMetropolitan area40 km by 53.1 km
2. CJP5KCDistrict8 km by 10.6 km
3. KJP5KCKSuburb1.6 km by 2.13 km
4. 2JP5KCK2A few streets320 m by 425 m
5. JJP5KCK2JBuilding64 m by 85 m
6. 5JP5KCK2J5Entrance12.8 m by 17 m
7. FJP5KCK2J5FDoorway2.56 m by 3.4 m

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