Rano Raraku

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Rano Raraku is #CJ428-7CKKD. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.04 m east to west, centred on 27°07'18.98"S, 109°17'20.05"W, and it turns back into that cell on any phone or computer by arithmetic alone: no network, no account, no lookup table.

What it is

Volcanic crater on Easter Island

Code

#CJ428-7CKKD

With a check character

#CJ428-7CKKD*6

Short form

7CKKD

Cell centre

-27.121939, -109.288904

Cell size

2.56 m by 3.04 m

Region

Valparaíso Region

Country

Chile

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #CJ428-7CKKD. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Valparaíso Region

Rano Raraku 7CKKD: 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 4.8 km east or west of Rano Raraku. 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

#CJ428-7CKKD*6. 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 47.6 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. 2CJ42Metropolitan area40 km by 47.6 km
2. 8CJ428District8 km by 9.51 km
3. 7CJ4287Suburb1.6 km by 1.9 km
4. CCJ4287CA few streets320 m by 380 m
5. KCJ4287CKBuilding64 m by 76.1 m
6. KCJ4287CKKEntrance12.8 m by 15.2 m
7. DCJ4287CKKDDoorway2.56 m by 3.04 m

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