Grid Point Code

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Loja

Ecuador

With a code
#C1G94-HKCFF
Said aloud
Loja HKCFF

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Loja is #C1G94-HKCFF. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.41 m east to west, centred on 3°59'35.23"S, 79°12'15.21"W, 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 Loja, near its centre.

Code
#C1G94-HKCFF
With a check character
#C1G94-HKCFF*F
Short form
HKCFF
Cell centre
-3.993120, -79.204224
Cell size
2.56 m by 3.41 m
Country
Ecuador
Population
274,112

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #C1G94-HKCFF. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Ecuador

Loja HKCFF: 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 Loja. 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

#C1G94-HKCFF*F. 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 53.3 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. C1G9Metropolitan area40 km by 53.3 km
  2. C1G94District8 km by 10.7 km
  3. C1G94HSuburb1.6 km by 2.13 km
  4. C1G94HKA few streets320 m by 426 m
  5. C1G94HKCBuilding64 m by 85.3 m
  6. C1G94HKCFEntrance12.8 m by 17.1 m
  7. C1G94HKCFFDoorway2.56 m by 3.41 m

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