Dudhsagar Falls

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Dudhsagar Falls is #K85HH-N7W85. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.30 m east to west, centred on 15°18'45.95"N, 74°18'50.95"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

Tiered waterfall located on the Mandovi River in the Indian state of Goa

Code

#K85HH-N7W85

With a check character

#K85HH-N7W85*0

Short form

N7W85

Cell centre

15.312764, 74.314153

Cell size

2.56 m by 3.30 m

Region

Goa

Country

India

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #K85HH-N7W85. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Goa

Dudhsagar Falls N7W85: 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 5.2 km east or west of Dudhsagar Falls. 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

#K85HH-N7W85*0. 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 51.5 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. HK85HMetropolitan area40 km by 51.5 km
2. HK85HHDistrict8 km by 10.3 km
3. NK85HHNSuburb1.6 km by 2.06 km
4. 7K85HHN7A few streets320 m by 412 m
5. WK85HHN7WBuilding64 m by 82.5 m
6. 8K85HHN7W8Entrance12.8 m by 16.5 m
7. 5K85HHN7W85Doorway2.56 m by 3.3 m

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