Luohu District

GuangdongChina

With a code: #KHFFK-4M1DL
Said aloud: Luohu District 4M1DL

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Luohu District is #KHFFK-4M1DL. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.16 m east to west, centred on 22°32'49.95"N, 114°07'53.34"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 Luohu District, near its centre.

Code: #KHFFK-4M1DL
With a check character: #KHFFK-4M1DL*N
Short form: 4M1DL
Cell centre: 22.547209, 114.131482
Cell size: 2.56 m by 3.16 m
Region: Guangdong
Country: China
Population: 1,143,801

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note: The whole code, #KHFFK-4M1DL. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.
Said aloud, in Guangdong: Luohu District 4M1DL: 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 Luohu District. 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: #KHFFK-4M1DL*N. 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 49.3 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.

KHFFMetropolitan area40 km by 49.3 km
KHFFKDistrict8 km by 9.87 km
KHFFK4Suburb1.6 km by 1.97 km
KHFFK4MA few streets320 m by 395 m
KHFFK4M1Building64 m by 79 m
KHFFK4M1DEntrance12.8 m by 15.8 m
KHFFK4M1DLDoorway2.56 m by 3.16 m

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