Vinicunca

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Vinicunca is #C9CMF-832R5. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.32 m east to west, centred on 13°52'10.34"S, 71°18'10.61"W, and it turns back into that cell on any phone or computer by arithmetic alone: no network, no account, no lookup table.

What it is

Rainbow mountain of Peru, touristic venue

Code

#C9CMF-832R5

With a check character

#C9CMF-832R5*K

Short form

832R5

Cell centre

-13.869539, -71.302948

Cell size

2.56 m by 3.32 m

Region

Cusco Department

Country

Peru

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #C9CMF-832R5. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Cusco Department

Vinicunca 832R5: 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 Vinicunca. 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

#C9CMF-832R5*K. 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 51.9 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. MC9CMMetropolitan area40 km by 51.9 km
2. FC9CMFDistrict8 km by 10.4 km
3. 8C9CMF8Suburb1.6 km by 2.08 km
4. 3C9CMF83A few streets320 m by 415 m
5. 2C9CMF832Building64 m by 83 m
6. RC9CMF832REntrance12.8 m by 16.6 m
7. 5C9CMF832R5Doorway2.56 m by 3.32 m

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