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Xianyang

ShaanxiChina

Grid Point Code for Xianyang
With a code
#KJX3L-RF4JW
Said aloud
Xianyang RF4JW

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Xianyang is #KJX3L-RF4JW. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.82 m east to west, centred on 34°20'16.05"N, 108°42'09.40"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 Xianyang, near its centre.

Code
#KJX3L-RF4JW
With a check character
#KJX3L-RF4JW*H
Short form
RF4JW
Cell centre
34.337791, 108.702612
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.82 m
Region
Shaanxi
Country
China
Population
1,034,081

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #KJX3L-RF4JW. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Shaanxi

Xianyang RF4JW: 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 Xianyang. 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

#KJX3L-RF4JW*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 44.1 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. KJX3Metropolitan area40 km by 44.1 km
  2. KJX3LDistrict8 km by 8.82 km
  3. KJX3LRSuburb1.6 km by 1.76 km
  4. KJX3LRFA few streets320 m by 353 m
  5. KJX3LRF4Building64 m by 70.6 m
  6. KJX3LRF4JEntrance12.8 m by 14.1 m
  7. KJX3LRF4JWDoorway2.56 m by 2.82 m

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