Lichinga

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Lichinga is #87H62-0FDC6. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.33 m east to west, centred on 13°18'46.00"S, 35°14'26.00"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 Lichinga, near its centre.

Code

#87H62-0FDC6

With a check character

#87H62-0FDC6*G

Short form

0FDC6

Cell centre

-13.312777, 35.240556

Cell size

2.56 m by 3.33 m

Region

Niassa Province

Country

Mozambique

Population

281,341

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #87H62-0FDC6. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Niassa Province

Lichinga 0FDC6: 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 Lichinga. 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

#87H62-0FDC6*G. 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 52 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. 687H6Metropolitan area40 km by 52 km
2. 287H62District8 km by 10.4 km
3. 087H620Suburb1.6 km by 2.08 km
4. F87H620FA few streets320 m by 416 m
5. D87H620FDBuilding64 m by 83.2 m
6. C87H620FDCEntrance12.8 m by 16.6 m
7. 687H620FDC6Doorway2.56 m by 3.33 m

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