Tórshavn

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Tórshavn is #R9TC5-76T6P. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 1.60 m east to west, centred on 62°00'35.02"N, 6°46'17.85"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 Tórshavn, near its centre, and Tórshavn is the capital of Faroe Islands.

Code

#R9TC5-76T6P

With a check character

#R9TC5-76T6P*3

Short form

76T6P

Cell centre

62.009729, -6.771625

Cell size

2.56 m by 1.60 m

Region

Streymoy

Country

Faroe Islands

Population

13,200

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #R9TC5-76T6P. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Streymoy

Tórshavn 76T6P: 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 2.5 km east or west of Tórshavn. 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

#R9TC5-76T6P*3. 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 25.1 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. CR9TCMetropolitan area40 km by 25.1 km
2. 5R9TC5District8 km by 5.02 km
3. 7R9TC57Suburb1.6 km by 1 km
4. 6R9TC576A few streets320 m by 201 m
5. TR9TC576TBuilding64 m by 40.1 m
6. 6R9TC576T6Entrance12.8 m by 8.02 m
7. PR9TC576T6PDoorway2.56 m by 1.6 m

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