Cape of Good Hope

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Cape of Good Hope is #8K2WF-T02CP. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.82 m east to west, centred on 34°21'29.04"S, 18°28'19.02"E, 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

Headland of Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Code

#8K2WF-T02CP

With a check character

#8K2WF-T02CP*R

Short form

T02CP

Cell centre

-34.358066, 18.471951

Cell size

2.56 m by 2.82 m

Region

Western Cape

Country

South Africa

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #8K2WF-T02CP. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Western Cape

Cape of Good Hope T02CP: 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 4.4 km east or west of Cape of Good Hope. 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

#8K2WF-T02CP*R. 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 44.1 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. W8K2WMetropolitan area40 km by 44.1 km
2. F8K2WFDistrict8 km by 8.82 km
3. T8K2WFTSuburb1.6 km by 1.76 km
4. 08K2WFT0A few streets320 m by 353 m
5. 28K2WFT02Building64 m by 70.6 m
6. C8K2WFT02CEntrance12.8 m by 14.1 m
7. P8K2WFT02CPDoorway2.56 m by 2.82 m

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