Grid Point Code

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Himeji

HyōgoJapan

With a code
#L8WJ6-CWP64
Said aloud
Himeji CWP64

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Himeji is #L8WJ6-CWP64. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.81 m east to west, centred on 34°49'00.04"N, 134°41'59.99"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 Himeji, near its centre.

Code
#L8WJ6-CWP64
With a check character
#L8WJ6-CWP64*R
Short form
CWP64
Cell centre
34.816677, 134.699996
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.81 m
Region
Hyōgo
Country
Japan
Population
530,495

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #L8WJ6-CWP64. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Hyōgo

Himeji CWP64: 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 4.4 km east or west of Himeji. 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

#L8WJ6-CWP64*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 43.9 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. L8WJMetropolitan area40 km by 43.9 km
  2. L8WJ6District8 km by 8.77 km
  3. L8WJ6CSuburb1.6 km by 1.75 km
  4. L8WJ6CWA few streets320 m by 351 m
  5. L8WJ6CWPBuilding64 m by 70.2 m
  6. L8WJ6CWP6Entrance12.8 m by 14 m
  7. L8WJ6CWP64Doorway2.56 m by 2.81 m

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