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Málaga

AndalusiaSpain

Grid Point Code for Málaga
With a code
#HX3CW-43XM8
Said aloud
Málaga 43XM8

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Málaga is #HX3CW-43XM8. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.74 m east to west, centred on 36°43'12.54"N, 4°25'13.25"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 Málaga, near its centre.

Code
#HX3CW-43XM8
With a check character
#HX3CW-43XM8*L
Short form
43XM8
Cell centre
36.720150, -4.420347
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.74 m
Region
Andalusia
Country
Spain
Population
592,346

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #HX3CW-43XM8. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Andalusia

Málaga 43XM8: 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 4.3 km east or west of Málaga. 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

#HX3CW-43XM8*L. 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 42.8 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. HX3CMetropolitan area40 km by 42.8 km
  2. HX3CWDistrict8 km by 8.57 km
  3. HX3CW4Suburb1.6 km by 1.71 km
  4. HX3CW43A few streets320 m by 343 m
  5. HX3CW43XBuilding64 m by 68.5 m
  6. HX3CW43XMEntrance12.8 m by 13.7 m
  7. HX3CW43XM8Doorway2.56 m by 2.74 m

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