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Huangshan

near BiyangAnhuiChina

Grid Point Code for Huangshan
With a code
#KJ9M5-H225K
Said aloud
Huangshan H225K

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Huangshan is #KJ9M5-H225K. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.96 m east to west, centred on 30°07'29.99"N, 118°10'00.03"E, and it turns back into that cell on any phone or computer by arithmetic alone: no network, no account, no lookup table.

What it is
Mountain range in southern Anhui province in eastern China
Code
#KJ9M5-H225K
With a check character
#KJ9M5-H225K*C
Short form
H225K
Cell centre
30.124996, 118.166676
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.96 m
Region
Anhui
Country
China

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #KJ9M5-H225K. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Anhui

Huangshan H225K: 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 4.6 km east or west of Huangshan. 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

#KJ9M5-H225K*C. 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 46.2 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. KJ9MMetropolitan area40 km by 46.2 km
  2. KJ9M5District8 km by 9.24 km
  3. KJ9M5HSuburb1.6 km by 1.85 km
  4. KJ9M5H2A few streets320 m by 370 m
  5. KJ9M5H22Building64 m by 73.9 m
  6. KJ9M5H225Entrance12.8 m by 14.8 m
  7. KJ9M5H225KDoorway2.56 m by 2.96 m

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