Grid Point Code

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Suzhou

AnhuiChina

With a code
#KJM6D-2WM3W
Said aloud
Suzhou 2WM3W

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Suzhou is #KJM6D-2WM3W. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.85 m east to west, centred on 33°38'09.99"N, 116°58'44.00"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 Suzhou, near its centre.

Code
#KJM6D-2WM3W
With a check character
#KJM6D-2WM3W*K
Short form
2WM3W
Cell centre
33.636108, 116.978888
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.85 m
Region
Anhui
Country
China
Population
1,647,642

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #KJM6D-2WM3W. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Anhui

Suzhou 2WM3W: 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 4.4 km east or west of Suzhou. 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

#KJM6D-2WM3W*K. 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 44.5 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. KJM6Metropolitan area40 km by 44.5 km
  2. KJM6DDistrict8 km by 8.9 km
  3. KJM6D2Suburb1.6 km by 1.78 km
  4. KJM6D2WA few streets320 m by 356 m
  5. KJM6D2WMBuilding64 m by 71.2 m
  6. KJM6D2WM3Entrance12.8 m by 14.2 m
  7. KJM6D2WM3WDoorway2.56 m by 2.85 m

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