Auckland

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Auckland is #6P2C5-73KWN. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.74 m east to west, centred on 36°50'54.70"S, 174°45'48.54"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 Auckland, near its centre.

Code

#6P2C5-73KWN

With a check character

#6P2C5-73KWN*H

Short form

73KWN

Cell centre

-36.848529, 174.763484

Cell size

2.56 m by 2.74 m

Country

New Zealand

Population

1,547,200

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #6P2C5-73KWN. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in New Zealand

Auckland 73KWN: 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 4.3 km east or west of Auckland. 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

#6P2C5-73KWN*H. 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 42.8 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. C6P2CMetropolitan area40 km by 42.8 km
2. 56P2C5District8 km by 8.55 km
3. 76P2C57Suburb1.6 km by 1.71 km
4. 36P2C573A few streets320 m by 342 m
5. K6P2C573KBuilding64 m by 68.4 m
6. W6P2C573KWEntrance12.8 m by 13.7 m
7. N6P2C573KWNDoorway2.56 m by 2.74 m

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