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Dongcun

ShandongChina

Grid Point Code for Dongcun
With a code
#L0PFT-NTJ9W
Said aloud
Dongcun NTJ9W

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Dongcun is #L0PFT-NTJ9W. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.74 m east to west, centred on 36°46'36.00"N, 121°09'35.01"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 Dongcun, near its centre.

Code
#L0PFT-NTJ9W
With a check character
#L0PFT-NTJ9W*6
Short form
NTJ9W
Cell centre
36.776667, 121.159726
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.74 m
Region
Shandong
Country
China
Population
658,000

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #L0PFT-NTJ9W. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Shandong

Dongcun NTJ9W: 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 4.3 km east or west of Dongcun. 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

#L0PFT-NTJ9W*6. 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 42.8 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. L0PFMetropolitan area40 km by 42.8 km
  2. L0PFTDistrict8 km by 8.56 km
  3. L0PFTNSuburb1.6 km by 1.71 km
  4. L0PFTNTA few streets320 m by 342 m
  5. L0PFTNTJBuilding64 m by 68.5 m
  6. L0PFTNTJ9Entrance12.8 m by 13.7 m
  7. L0PFTNTJ9WDoorway2.56 m by 2.74 m

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