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Mulanje Massif

near PhalombeSouthern RegionMalawi

Grid Point Code for Mulanje Massif
With a code
#87JP3-134RR
Said aloud
Mulanje Massif 134RR

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Mulanje Massif is #87JP3-134RR. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.29 m east to west, centred on 15°54'00.03"S, 35°38'59.97"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
Mountain in Malawi
Code
#87JP3-134RR
With a check character
#87JP3-134RR*L
Short form
134RR
Cell centre
-15.900008, 35.649992
Cell size
2.56 m by 3.29 m
Region
Southern Region
Country
Malawi

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #87JP3-134RR. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Southern Region

Mulanje Massif 134RR: 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 5.1 km east or west of Mulanje Massif. 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

#87JP3-134RR*L. 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 51.4 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. 87JPMetropolitan area40 km by 51.4 km
  2. 87JP3District8 km by 10.3 km
  3. 87JP31Suburb1.6 km by 2.06 km
  4. 87JP313A few streets320 m by 411 m
  5. 87JP3134Building64 m by 82.2 m
  6. 87JP3134REntrance12.8 m by 16.4 m
  7. 87JP3134RRDoorway2.56 m by 3.29 m

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