Homyel'

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Homyel' is #PT2P7-6KF2G. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.08 m east to west, centred on 52°26'04.16"N, 30°58'31.41"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 Homyel', near its centre.

Code

#PT2P7-6KF2G

With a check character

#PT2P7-6KF2G*1

Short form

6KF2G

Cell centre

52.434490, 30.975391

Cell size

2.56 m by 2.08 m

Region

Homyel' Voblasc'

Country

Belarus

Population

501,193

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #PT2P7-6KF2G. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Homyel' Voblasc'

Homyel' 6KF2G: 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 3.3 km east or west of Homyel'. 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

#PT2P7-6KF2G*1. 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 32.6 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. PPT2PMetropolitan area40 km by 32.6 km
2. 7PT2P7District8 km by 6.52 km
3. 6PT2P76Suburb1.6 km by 1.3 km
4. KPT2P76KA few streets320 m by 261 m
5. FPT2P76KFBuilding64 m by 52.1 m
6. 2PT2P76KF2Entrance12.8 m by 10.4 m
7. GPT2P76KF2GDoorway2.56 m by 2.08 m

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