Lilongwe

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Lilongwe is #87HNK-43KP5. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.32 m east to west, centred on 13°58'00.94"S, 33°47'14.11"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 Lilongwe, near its centre, and Lilongwe is the capital of Malawi.

Code

#87HNK-43KP5

With a check character

#87HNK-43KP5*T

Short form

43KP5

Cell centre

-13.966929, 33.787254

Cell size

2.56 m by 3.32 m

Region

Central Region

Country

Malawi

Population

1,115,815

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #87HNK-43KP5. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Central Region

Lilongwe 43KP5: 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 5.2 km east or west of Lilongwe. 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

#87HNK-43KP5*T. 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 51.9 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. N87HNMetropolitan area40 km by 51.9 km
2. K87HNKDistrict8 km by 10.4 km
3. 487HNK4Suburb1.6 km by 2.07 km
4. 387HNK43A few streets320 m by 415 m
5. K87HNK43KBuilding64 m by 83 m
6. P87HNK43KPEntrance12.8 m by 16.6 m
7. 587HNK43KP5Doorway2.56 m by 3.32 m

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