Grid Point Code

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Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

With a code
#K3L6J-MX9D6
Said aloud
Kuala Lumpur MX9D6

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Kuala Lumpur is #K3L6J-MX9D6. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.41 m east to west, centred on 3°08'28.29"N, 101°41'11.52"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 Kuala Lumpur, near its centre, and Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia.

Code
#K3L6J-MX9D6
With a check character
#K3L6J-MX9D6*L
Short form
MX9D6
Cell centre
3.141193, 101.686533
Cell size
2.56 m by 3.41 m
Country
Malaysia
Population
1,453,975

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #K3L6J-MX9D6. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur MX9D6: 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 Kuala Lumpur. 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

#K3L6J-MX9D6*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 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. K3L6Metropolitan area40 km by 53.4 km
  2. K3L6JDistrict8 km by 10.7 km
  3. K3L6JMSuburb1.6 km by 2.13 km
  4. K3L6JMXA few streets320 m by 427 m
  5. K3L6JMX9Building64 m by 85.4 m
  6. K3L6JMX9DEntrance12.8 m by 17.1 m
  7. K3L6JMX9D6Doorway2.56 m by 3.41 m

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