Nishiki Market

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Nishiki Market is #L8WFN-10GJ4. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.80 m east to west, centred on 35°00'18.10"N, 135°45'58.08"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

Marketplace in downtown Kyoto, Japan

Code

#L8WFN-10GJ4

With a check character

#L8WFN-10GJ4*M

Short form

10GJ4

Cell centre

35.005029, 135.766134

Cell size

2.56 m by 2.80 m

City

Kyoto

Region

Kyoto Prefecture

Country

Japan

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #L8WFN-10GJ4. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Kyoto

Nishiki Market 10GJ4: 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 Nishiki Market. 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

#L8WFN-10GJ4*M. 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 43.8 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. FL8WFMetropolitan area40 km by 43.8 km
2. NL8WFNDistrict8 km by 8.75 km
3. 1L8WFN1Suburb1.6 km by 1.75 km
4. 0L8WFN10A few streets320 m by 350 m
5. GL8WFN10GBuilding64 m by 70 m
6. JL8WFN10GJEntrance12.8 m by 14 m
7. 4L8WFN10GJ4Doorway2.56 m by 2.8 m

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