Macau

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Macau is #KHF87-69DL2. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.17 m east to west, centred on 22°12'01.98"N, 113°32'46.00"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 Macau, near its centre, and Macau is the capital of Macao.

Code

#KHF87-69DL2

With a check character

#KHF87-69DL2*J

Short form

69DL2

Cell centre

22.200549, 113.546112

Cell size

2.56 m by 3.17 m

Country

Macao

Population

649,335

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #KHF87-69DL2. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Macao

Macau 69DL2: 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 Macau. 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

#KHF87-69DL2*J. 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 49.5 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. 8KHF8Metropolitan area40 km by 49.5 km
2. 7KHF87District8 km by 9.89 km
3. 6KHF876Suburb1.6 km by 1.98 km
4. 9KHF8769A few streets320 m by 396 m
5. DKHF8769DBuilding64 m by 79.2 m
6. LKHF8769DLEntrance12.8 m by 15.8 m
7. 2KHF8769DL2Doorway2.56 m by 3.17 m