Ulan Bator

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Ulan Bator is #N1N7R-805XF. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.29 m east to west, centred on 47°54'27.74"N, 106°52'59.70"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 Ulan Bator, near its centre, and Ulan Bator is the capital of Mongolia.

Code

#N1N7R-805XF

With a check character

#N1N7R-805XF*X

Short form

805XF

Cell centre

47.907706, 106.883251

Cell size

2.56 m by 2.29 m

Region

Ulaanbaatar

Country

Mongolia

Population

844,818

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #N1N7R-805XF. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Ulaanbaatar

Ulan Bator 805XF: 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 Ulan Bator. 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

#N1N7R-805XF*X. 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 35.8 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. 7N1N7Metropolitan area40 km by 35.8 km
2. RN1N7RDistrict8 km by 7.16 km
3. 8N1N7R8Suburb1.6 km by 1.43 km
4. 0N1N7R80A few streets320 m by 287 m
5. 5N1N7R805Building64 m by 57.3 m
6. XN1N7R805XEntrance12.8 m by 11.5 m
7. FN1N7R805XFDoorway2.56 m by 2.29 m

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