Grid Point Code

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Aqsu

XinjiangChina

With a code
#KRGTD-1R08H
Said aloud
Aqsu 1R08H

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Aqsu is #KRGTD-1R08H. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.57 m east to west, centred on 41°11'03.02"N, 80°16'45.15"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 Aqsu, near its centre.

Code
#KRGTD-1R08H
With a check character
#KRGTD-1R08H*8
Short form
1R08H
Cell centre
41.184173, 80.279209
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.57 m
Region
Xinjiang
Country
China
Population
535,657

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #KRGTD-1R08H. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Xinjiang

Aqsu 1R08H: 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 4.0 km east or west of Aqsu. 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

#KRGTD-1R08H*8. 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 40.2 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. KRGTMetropolitan area40 km by 40.2 km
  2. KRGTDDistrict8 km by 8.04 km
  3. KRGTD1Suburb1.6 km by 1.61 km
  4. KRGTD1RA few streets320 m by 322 m
  5. KRGTD1R0Building64 m by 64.3 m
  6. KRGTD1R08Entrance12.8 m by 12.9 m
  7. KRGTD1R08HDoorway2.56 m by 2.57 m

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