Grid Point Code

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Benxi

LiaoningChina

With a code
#L0DTJ-DNL81
Said aloud
Benxi DNL81

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Benxi is #L0DTJ-DNL81. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.57 m east to west, centred on 41°17'19.01"N, 123°45'53.99"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 Benxi, near its centre.

Code
#L0DTJ-DNL81
With a check character
#L0DTJ-DNL81*H
Short form
DNL81
Cell centre
41.288613, 123.764997
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.57 m
Region
Liaoning
Country
China
Population
865,215

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #L0DTJ-DNL81. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Liaoning

Benxi DNL81: 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 Benxi. 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

#L0DTJ-DNL81*H. 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 40.1 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. L0DTMetropolitan area40 km by 40.1 km
  2. L0DTJDistrict8 km by 8.03 km
  3. L0DTJDSuburb1.6 km by 1.61 km
  4. L0DTJDNA few streets320 m by 321 m
  5. L0DTJDNLBuilding64 m by 64.2 m
  6. L0DTJDNL8Entrance12.8 m by 12.8 m
  7. L0DTJDNL81Doorway2.56 m by 2.57 m

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