Grid Point Code

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Kisangani

TshopoDemocratic Republic of the Congo

With a code
#JTPLF-2NXD0
Said aloud
Kisangani 2NXD0

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Kisangani is #JTPLF-2NXD0. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.42 m east to west, centred on 0°30'55.00"N, 25°11'27.60"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 Kisangani, near its centre.

Code
#JTPLF-2NXD0
With a check character
#JTPLF-2NXD0*J
Short form
2NXD0
Cell centre
0.515278, 25.190999
Cell size
2.56 m by 3.42 m
Region
Tshopo
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Population
1,602,144

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #JTPLF-2NXD0. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Tshopo

Kisangani 2NXD0: 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 Kisangani. 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

#JTPLF-2NXD0*J. 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 53.4 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. JTPLMetropolitan area40 km by 53.4 km
  2. JTPLFDistrict8 km by 10.7 km
  3. JTPLF2Suburb1.6 km by 2.14 km
  4. JTPLF2NA few streets320 m by 427 m
  5. JTPLF2NXBuilding64 m by 85.5 m
  6. JTPLF2NXDEntrance12.8 m by 17.1 m
  7. JTPLF2NXD0Doorway2.56 m by 3.42 m

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