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Lubumbashi

Haut-KatangaDemocratic Republic of the Congo

With a code
#878FK-1M47R
Said aloud
Lubumbashi 1M47R

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Lubumbashi is #878FK-1M47R. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.35 m east to west, centred on 11°39'39.24"S, 27°28'45.81"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 Lubumbashi, near its centre.

Code
#878FK-1M47R
With a check character
#878FK-1M47R*T
Short form
1M47R
Cell centre
-11.660901, 27.479393
Cell size
2.56 m by 3.35 m
Region
Haut-Katanga
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Population
2,221,925

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #878FK-1M47R. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Haut-Katanga

Lubumbashi 1M47R: 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 5.2 km east or west of Lubumbashi. 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

#878FK-1M47R*T. 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 52.3 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.

  1. 878FMetropolitan area40 km by 52.3 km
  2. 878FKDistrict8 km by 10.5 km
  3. 878FK1Suburb1.6 km by 2.09 km
  4. 878FK1MA few streets320 m by 419 m
  5. 878FK1M4Building64 m by 83.7 m
  6. 878FK1M47Entrance12.8 m by 16.7 m
  7. 878FK1M47RDoorway2.56 m by 3.35 m

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