Bishkek

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Bishkek is #KR8X3-H4F1H. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.51 m east to west, centred on 42°52'12.04"N, 74°35'23.96"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 Bishkek, near its centre, and Bishkek is the capital of Kyrgyzstan.

Code

#KR8X3-H4F1H

With a check character

#KR8X3-H4F1H*J

Short form

H4F1H

Cell centre

42.870010, 74.589988

Cell size

2.56 m by 2.51 m

Country

Kyrgyzstan

Population

900,000

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #KR8X3-H4F1H. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek H4F1H: 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 Bishkek. 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

#KR8X3-H4F1H*J. 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 39.2 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. XKR8XMetropolitan area40 km by 39.2 km
2. 3KR8X3District8 km by 7.83 km
3. HKR8X3HSuburb1.6 km by 1.57 km
4. 4KR8X3H4A few streets320 m by 313 m
5. FKR8X3H4FBuilding64 m by 62.7 m
6. 1KR8X3H4F1Entrance12.8 m by 12.5 m
7. HKR8X3H4F1HDoorway2.56 m by 2.51 m

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