Grid Point Code

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Victoria Peak

near Mid LevelsCentral and WesternHong Kong

With a code
#KHF7R-5PCMH
Said aloud
Victoria Peak 5PCMH

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Victoria Peak is #KHF7R-5PCMH. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.16 m east to west, centred on 22°16'31.71"N, 114°08'37.79"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
Mountain in Hong Kong
Code
#KHF7R-5PCMH
With a check character
#KHF7R-5PCMH*R
Short form
5PCMH
Cell centre
22.275475, 114.143831
Cell size
2.56 m by 3.16 m
Region
Central and Western
Country
Hong Kong

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #KHF7R-5PCMH. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Central and Western

Victoria Peak 5PCMH: 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 4.9 km east or west of Victoria Peak. 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

#KHF7R-5PCMH*R. 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 49.4 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. KHF7Metropolitan area40 km by 49.4 km
  2. KHF7RDistrict8 km by 9.89 km
  3. KHF7R5Suburb1.6 km by 1.98 km
  4. KHF7R5PA few streets320 m by 396 m
  5. KHF7R5PCBuilding64 m by 79.1 m
  6. KHF7R5PCMEntrance12.8 m by 15.8 m
  7. KHF7R5PCMHDoorway2.56 m by 3.16 m

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