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Guwahati

AssamIndia

Grid Point Code for Guwahati
With a code
#KFWDN-KL0W1
Said aloud
Guwahati KL0W1

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Guwahati is #KFWDN-KL0W1. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.07 m east to west, centred on 26°11'03.83"N, 91°44'44.83"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 Guwahati, near its centre.

Code
#KFWDN-KL0W1
With a check character
#KFWDN-KL0W1*X
Short form
KL0W1
Cell centre
26.184396, 91.745787
Cell size
2.56 m by 3.07 m
Region
Assam
Country
India
Population
962,334

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #KFWDN-KL0W1. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Assam

Guwahati KL0W1: 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 4.8 km east or west of Guwahati. 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

#KFWDN-KL0W1*X. 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 47.9 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. KFWDMetropolitan area40 km by 47.9 km
  2. KFWDNDistrict8 km by 9.59 km
  3. KFWDNKSuburb1.6 km by 1.92 km
  4. KFWDNKLA few streets320 m by 384 m
  5. KFWDNKL0Building64 m by 76.7 m
  6. KFWDNKL0WEntrance12.8 m by 15.3 m
  7. KFWDNKL0W1Doorway2.56 m by 3.07 m

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