Lake Nakuru

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Lake Nakuru is #81XJP-XD6F2. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.42 m east to west, centred on 0°22'00.01"S, 36°04'59.98"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

Soda lake

Code

#81XJP-XD6F2

With a check character

#81XJP-XD6F2*N

Short form

XD6F2

Cell centre

-0.366670, 36.083328

Cell size

2.56 m by 3.42 m

Region

Nakuru County

Country

Kenya

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #81XJP-XD6F2. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Nakuru County

Lake Nakuru XD6F2: 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 5.3 km east or west of Lake Nakuru. 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

#81XJP-XD6F2*N. 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 53.4 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. J81XJMetropolitan area40 km by 53.4 km
2. P81XJPDistrict8 km by 10.7 km
3. X81XJPXSuburb1.6 km by 2.14 km
4. D81XJPXDA few streets320 m by 427 m
5. 681XJPXD6Building64 m by 85.5 m
6. F81XJPXD6FEntrance12.8 m by 17.1 m
7. 281XJPXD6F2Doorway2.56 m by 3.42 m

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