Honiara

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Honiara is #68R6K-PWGMH. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.37 m east to west, centred on 9°25'59.97"S, 159°56'59.97"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 Honiara, near its centre, and Honiara is the capital of Solomon Islands.

Code

#68R6K-PWGMH

With a check character

#68R6K-PWGMH*3

Short form

PWGMH

Cell centre

-9.433325, 159.949993

Cell size

2.56 m by 3.37 m

Country

Solomon Islands

Population

56,298

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #68R6K-PWGMH. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Solomon Islands

Honiara PWGMH: 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 5.3 km east or west of Honiara. 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

#68R6K-PWGMH*3. 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 52.7 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. 668R6Metropolitan area40 km by 52.7 km
2. K68R6KDistrict8 km by 10.5 km
3. P68R6KPSuburb1.6 km by 2.11 km
4. W68R6KPWA few streets320 m by 422 m
5. G68R6KPWGBuilding64 m by 84.3 m
6. M68R6KPWGMEntrance12.8 m by 16.9 m
7. H68R6KPWGMHDoorway2.56 m by 3.37 m