Grid Point Code

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Shiyan

HubeiChina

With a code
#KJKP6-H328G
Said aloud
Shiyan H328G

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Shiyan is #KJKP6-H328G. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.88 m east to west, centred on 32°38'51.03"N, 110°46'41.00"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 Shiyan, near its centre.

Code
#KJKP6-H328G
With a check character
#KJKP6-H328G*9
Short form
H328G
Cell centre
32.647507, 110.778056
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.88 m
Region
Hubei
Country
China
Population
3,460,000

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #KJKP6-H328G. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Hubei

Shiyan H328G: 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 4.5 km east or west of Shiyan. 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

#KJKP6-H328G*9. 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 45 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. KJKPMetropolitan area40 km by 45 km
  2. KJKP6District8 km by 9 km
  3. KJKP6HSuburb1.6 km by 1.8 km
  4. KJKP6H3A few streets320 m by 360 m
  5. KJKP6H32Building64 m by 72 m
  6. KJKP6H328Entrance12.8 m by 14.4 m
  7. KJKP6H328GDoorway2.56 m by 2.88 m

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