Munich

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Munich is #PXN55-FX7W6. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.28 m east to west, centred on 48°08'14.77"N, 11°34'31.79"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 Munich, near its centre.

Code

#PXN55-FX7W6

With a check character

#PXN55-FX7W6*R

Short form

FX7W6

Cell centre

48.137437, 11.575496

Cell size

2.56 m by 2.28 m

Region

Bavaria

Country

Germany

Population

1,505,005

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #PXN55-FX7W6. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Bavaria

Munich FX7W6: 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 3.6 km east or west of Munich. 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

#PXN55-FX7W6*R. 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 35.7 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. 5PXN5Metropolitan area40 km by 35.7 km
2. 5PXN55District8 km by 7.13 km
3. FPXN55FSuburb1.6 km by 1.43 km
4. XPXN55FXA few streets320 m by 285 m
5. 7PXN55FX7Building64 m by 57.1 m
6. WPXN55FX7WEntrance12.8 m by 11.4 m
7. 6PXN55FX7W6Doorway2.56 m by 2.28 m

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