Ciudad de la Paz

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Ciudad de la Paz is #JPX2F-3GW8K. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.42 m east to west, centred on 1°35'32.96"N, 10°49'25.05"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 Ciudad de la Paz, near its centre, and Ciudad de la Paz is the capital of Equatorial Guinea.

Code

#JPX2F-3GW8K

With a check character

#JPX2F-3GW8K*H

Short form

3GW8K

Cell centre

1.592490, 10.823624

Cell size

2.56 m by 3.42 m

Region

Djibloho

Country

Equatorial Guinea

Population

2,000

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #JPX2F-3GW8K. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Djibloho

Ciudad de la Paz 3GW8K: 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 Ciudad de la Paz. 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

#JPX2F-3GW8K*H. 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. 2JPX2Metropolitan area40 km by 53.4 km
2. FJPX2FDistrict8 km by 10.7 km
3. 3JPX2F3Suburb1.6 km by 2.14 km
4. GJPX2F3GA few streets320 m by 427 m
5. WJPX2F3GWBuilding64 m by 85.5 m
6. 8JPX2F3GW8Entrance12.8 m by 17.1 m
7. KJPX2F3GW8KDoorway2.56 m by 3.42 m