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Bhilai

ChhattisgarhIndia

Grid Point Code for Bhilai
With a code
#KDKNW-D0MDF
Said aloud
Bhilai D0MDF

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Bhilai is #KDKNW-D0MDF. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.19 m east to west, centred on 21°12'33.06"N, 81°25'42.62"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 Bhilai, near its centre.

Code
#KDKNW-D0MDF
With a check character
#KDKNW-D0MDF*L
Short form
D0MDF
Cell centre
21.209184, 81.428506
Cell size
2.56 m by 3.19 m
Region
Chhattisgarh
Country
India
Population
627,734

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #KDKNW-D0MDF. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Chhattisgarh

Bhilai D0MDF: 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 5.0 km east or west of Bhilai. 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

#KDKNW-D0MDF*L. 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 49.8 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. KDKNMetropolitan area40 km by 49.8 km
  2. KDKNWDistrict8 km by 9.96 km
  3. KDKNWDSuburb1.6 km by 1.99 km
  4. KDKNWD0A few streets320 m by 399 m
  5. KDKNWD0MBuilding64 m by 79.7 m
  6. KDKNWD0MDEntrance12.8 m by 15.9 m
  7. KDKNWD0MDFDoorway2.56 m by 3.19 m

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