Pyongyang

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Pyongyang is #L0L6H-4KFRH. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.66 m east to west, centred on 39°02'01.86"N, 125°45'15.60"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 Pyongyang, near its centre, and Pyongyang is the capital of North Korea.

Code

#L0L6H-4KFRH

With a check character

#L0L6H-4KFRH*T

Short form

4KFRH

Cell centre

39.033850, 125.754332

Cell size

2.56 m by 2.66 m

Country

North Korea

Population

3,222,000

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #L0L6H-4KFRH. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in North Korea

Pyongyang 4KFRH: 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 4.2 km east or west of Pyongyang. 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

#L0L6H-4KFRH*T. 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 41.5 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. 6L0L6Metropolitan area40 km by 41.5 km
2. HL0L6HDistrict8 km by 8.3 km
3. 4L0L6H4Suburb1.6 km by 1.66 km
4. KL0L6H4KA few streets320 m by 332 m
5. FL0L6H4KFBuilding64 m by 66.4 m
6. RL0L6H4KFREntrance12.8 m by 13.3 m
7. HL0L6H4KFRHDoorway2.56 m by 2.66 m

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