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Beihai

GuangxiChina

Grid Point Code for Beihai
With a code
#KH9TK-64F78
Said aloud
Beihai 64F78

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Beihai is #KH9TK-64F78. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.18 m east to west, centred on 21°29'00.59"N, 109°06'55.76"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 Beihai, near its centre.

Code
#KH9TK-64F78
With a check character
#KH9TK-64F78*D
Short form
64F78
Cell centre
21.483498, 109.115489
Cell size
2.56 m by 3.18 m
Region
Guangxi
Country
China
Population
525,329

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #KH9TK-64F78. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Guangxi

Beihai 64F78: 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 5.0 km east or west of Beihai. 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

#KH9TK-64F78*D. 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 49.7 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. KH9TMetropolitan area40 km by 49.7 km
  2. KH9TKDistrict8 km by 9.94 km
  3. KH9TK6Suburb1.6 km by 1.99 km
  4. KH9TK64A few streets320 m by 398 m
  5. KH9TK64FBuilding64 m by 79.6 m
  6. KH9TK64F7Entrance12.8 m by 15.9 m
  7. KH9TK64F78Doorway2.56 m by 3.18 m

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