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Manek Chowk

AhmedabadGujaratIndia

Without a code
Manek Chowk, Ahmedabad, and then directions
With a code
#KDC8W-NRKD6
Said aloud
Manek Chowk NRKD6

This code is one spot in Manek Chowk, a cell 2.56 m by 3.15 m. Every stall front and doorway in it has a code of its own.

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Manek Chowk is #KDC8W-NRKD6. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.15 m east to west, centred on 23°01'24.99"N, 72°35'18.78"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
Prominent city square in Ahmedabad, India
Code
#KDC8W-NRKD6
With a check character
#KDC8W-NRKD6*D
Short form
NRKD6
Cell centre
23.023607, 72.588549
Cell size
2.56 m by 3.15 m
City
Ahmedabad
Region
Gujarat
Country
India

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #KDC8W-NRKD6. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Ahmedabad

Manek Chowk NRKD6: 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 Manek Chowk. 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

#KDC8W-NRKD6*D. 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 49.2 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. KDC8Metropolitan area40 km by 49.2 km
  2. KDC8WDistrict8 km by 9.84 km
  3. KDC8WNSuburb1.6 km by 1.97 km
  4. KDC8WNRA few streets320 m by 393 m
  5. KDC8WNRKBuilding64 m by 78.7 m
  6. KDC8WNRKDEntrance12.8 m by 15.7 m
  7. KDC8WNRKD6Doorway2.56 m by 3.15 m

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