Grid Point Code

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Dera Ismail Khan

Khyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan

With a code
#KNCLG-2GH5M
Said aloud
Dera Ismail Khan 2GH5M

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Dera Ismail Khan is #KNCLG-2GH5M. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.91 m east to west, centred on 31°49'52.65"N, 70°54'06.17"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 Dera Ismail Khan, near its centre.

Code
#KNCLG-2GH5M
With a check character
#KNCLG-2GH5M*5
Short form
2GH5M
Cell centre
31.831292, 70.901714
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.91 m
Region
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Country
Pakistan
Population
763,195

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #KNCLG-2GH5M. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Dera Ismail Khan 2GH5M: 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 4.5 km east or west of Dera Ismail Khan. 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

#KNCLG-2GH5M*5. 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 45.4 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. KNCLMetropolitan area40 km by 45.4 km
  2. KNCLGDistrict8 km by 9.08 km
  3. KNCLG2Suburb1.6 km by 1.82 km
  4. KNCLG2GA few streets320 m by 363 m
  5. KNCLG2GHBuilding64 m by 72.6 m
  6. KNCLG2GH5Entrance12.8 m by 14.5 m
  7. KNCLG2GH5MDoorway2.56 m by 2.91 m

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City, region and population from GeoNames, under CC BY 4.0.