Mwanza

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Mwanza is #828KT-3LRLW. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.42 m east to west, centred on 2°31'00.02"S, 32°54'00.00"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 Mwanza, near its centre.

Code

#828KT-3LRLW

With a check character

#828KT-3LRLW*C

Short form

3LRLW

Cell centre

-2.516671, 32.899999

Cell size

2.56 m by 3.42 m

Country

Tanzania

Population

1,104,521

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #828KT-3LRLW. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Tanzania

Mwanza 3LRLW: 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 Mwanza. 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

#828KT-3LRLW*C. 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 53.4 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. K828KMetropolitan area40 km by 53.4 km
2. T828KTDistrict8 km by 10.7 km
3. 3828KT3Suburb1.6 km by 2.14 km
4. L828KT3LA few streets320 m by 427 m
5. R828KT3LRBuilding64 m by 85.4 m
6. L828KT3LRLEntrance12.8 m by 17.1 m
7. W828KT3LRLWDoorway2.56 m by 3.42 m

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