Minsk

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Minsk is #PT3TL-N1MJF. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.01 m east to west, centred on 53°54'00.64"N, 27°33'59.45"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 Minsk, near its centre, and Minsk is the capital of Belarus.

Code

#PT3TL-N1MJF

With a check character

#PT3TL-N1MJF*7

Short form

N1MJF

Cell centre

53.900179, 27.566515

Cell size

2.56 m by 2.01 m

Region

Minsk City

Country

Belarus

Population

1,742,124

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #PT3TL-N1MJF. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Minsk City

Minsk N1MJF: 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 3.1 km east or west of Minsk. 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

#PT3TL-N1MJF*7. 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 31.5 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. TPT3TMetropolitan area40 km by 31.5 km
2. LPT3TLDistrict8 km by 6.3 km
3. NPT3TLNSuburb1.6 km by 1.26 km
4. 1PT3TLN1A few streets320 m by 252 m
5. MPT3TLN1MBuilding64 m by 50.4 m
6. JPT3TLN1MJEntrance12.8 m by 10.1 m
7. FPT3TLN1MJFDoorway2.56 m by 2.01 m

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