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Yichun

JiangxiChina

Grid Point Code for Yichun
With a code
#KJ2DK-G166K
Said aloud
Yichun G166K

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Yichun is #KJ2DK-G166K. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.02 m east to west, centred on 27°49'59.96"N, 114°24'00.02"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 Yichun, near its centre.

Code
#KJ2DK-G166K
With a check character
#KJ2DK-G166K*F
Short form
G166K
Cell centre
27.833322, 114.400005
Cell size
2.56 m by 3.02 m
Region
Jiangxi
Country
China
Population
1,045,952

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #KJ2DK-G166K. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Jiangxi

Yichun G166K: 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 4.7 km east or west of Yichun. 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

#KJ2DK-G166K*F. 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 47.3 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. KJ2DMetropolitan area40 km by 47.3 km
  2. KJ2DKDistrict8 km by 9.45 km
  3. KJ2DKGSuburb1.6 km by 1.89 km
  4. KJ2DKG1A few streets320 m by 378 m
  5. KJ2DKG16Building64 m by 75.6 m
  6. KJ2DKG166Entrance12.8 m by 15.1 m
  7. KJ2DKG166KDoorway2.56 m by 3.02 m

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