Charyn Canyon

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Charyn Canyon is #KR2XG-56LT7. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.49 m east to west, centred on 43°21'42.97"N, 79°05'26.02"E, and it turns back into that cell on any phone or computer by arithmetic alone: no network, no account, no lookup table.

What it is

Canyon on the Charyn River in Kazakhstan

Code

#KR2XG-56LT7

With a check character

#KR2XG-56LT7*9

Short form

56LT7

Cell centre

43.361937, 79.090560

Cell size

2.56 m by 2.49 m

Region

Almaty Region

Country

Kazakhstan

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #KR2XG-56LT7. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Almaty Region

Charyn Canyon 56LT7: 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 3.9 km east or west of Charyn Canyon. 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

#KR2XG-56LT7*9. 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 38.8 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. XKR2XMetropolitan area40 km by 38.8 km
2. GKR2XGDistrict8 km by 7.77 km
3. 5KR2XG5Suburb1.6 km by 1.55 km
4. 6KR2XG56A few streets320 m by 311 m
5. LKR2XG56LBuilding64 m by 62.2 m
6. TKR2XG56LTEntrance12.8 m by 12.4 m
7. 7KR2XG56LT7Doorway2.56 m by 2.49 m

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