Phnom Penh

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Phnom Penh is #K6MGT-HR56H. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.35 m east to west, centred on 11°33'44.82"N, 104°54'57.61"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 Phnom Penh, near its centre, and Phnom Penh is the capital of Cambodia.

Code

#K6MGT-HR56H

With a check character

#K6MGT-HR56H*1

Short form

HR56H

Cell centre

11.562451, 104.916004

Cell size

2.56 m by 3.35 m

Country

Cambodia

Population

1,573,544

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #K6MGT-HR56H. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Cambodia

Phnom Penh HR56H: 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 5.2 km east or west of Phnom Penh. 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

#K6MGT-HR56H*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 52.3 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. GK6MGMetropolitan area40 km by 52.3 km
2. TK6MGTDistrict8 km by 10.5 km
3. HK6MGTHSuburb1.6 km by 2.09 km
4. RK6MGTHRA few streets320 m by 419 m
5. 5K6MGTHR5Building64 m by 83.8 m
6. 6K6MGTHR56Entrance12.8 m by 16.8 m
7. HK6MGTHR56HDoorway2.56 m by 3.35 m

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