Cusco

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Cusco is #C9CCC-1KF0M. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.32 m east to west, centred on 13°31'54.79"S, 71°58'01.28"W, 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 Cusco, near its centre.

Code

#C9CCC-1KF0M

With a check character

#C9CCC-1KF0M*1

Short form

1KF0M

Cell centre

-13.531887, -71.967022

Cell size

2.56 m by 3.32 m

Region

Cuzco Department

Country

Peru

Population

428,450

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #C9CCC-1KF0M. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Cuzco Department

Cusco 1KF0M: 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 Cusco. 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

#C9CCC-1KF0M*1. 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. CC9CCMetropolitan area40 km by 52 km
2. CC9CCCDistrict8 km by 10.4 km
3. 1C9CCC1Suburb1.6 km by 2.08 km
4. KC9CCC1KA few streets320 m by 416 m
5. FC9CCC1KFBuilding64 m by 83.1 m
6. 0C9CCC1KF0Entrance12.8 m by 16.6 m
7. MC9CCC1KF0MDoorway2.56 m by 3.32 m

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