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Virunga National Park

near KaynaNorth KivuDemocratic Republic of the Congo

With a code
#8226L-1LKTM
Said aloud
Virunga National Park 1LKTM

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Virunga National Park is #8226L-1LKTM. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.42 m east to west, centred on 0°30'00.01"S, 29°30'00.00"E, 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
National park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Code
#8226L-1LKTM
With a check character
#8226L-1LKTM*5
Short form
1LKTM
Cell centre
-0.500003, 29.500001
Cell size
2.56 m by 3.42 m
Region
North Kivu
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #8226L-1LKTM. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in North Kivu

Virunga National Park 1LKTM: 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 Virunga National Park. 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

#8226L-1LKTM*5. 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. 8226Metropolitan area40 km by 53.4 km
  2. 8226LDistrict8 km by 10.7 km
  3. 8226L1Suburb1.6 km by 2.14 km
  4. 8226L1LA few streets320 m by 427 m
  5. 8226L1LKBuilding64 m by 85.5 m
  6. 8226L1LKTEntrance12.8 m by 17.1 m
  7. 8226L1LKTMDoorway2.56 m by 3.42 m

More in Democratic Republic of the Congo

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