Oslo

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Oslo is #PJ5LD-4KTWL. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 1.71 m east to west, centred on 59°54'45.80"N, 10°44'45.91"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 Oslo, near its centre, and Oslo is the capital of Norway.

Code

#PJ5LD-4KTWL

With a check character

#PJ5LD-4KTWL*G

Short form

4KTWL

Cell centre

59.912721, 10.746086

Cell size

2.56 m by 1.71 m

Country

Norway

Population

1,082,575

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #PJ5LD-4KTWL. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Norway

Oslo 4KTWL: 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 2.7 km east or west of Oslo. 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

#PJ5LD-4KTWL*G. 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 26.8 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. LPJ5LMetropolitan area40 km by 26.8 km
2. DPJ5LDDistrict8 km by 5.36 km
3. 4PJ5LD4Suburb1.6 km by 1.07 km
4. KPJ5LD4KA few streets320 m by 214 m
5. TPJ5LD4KTBuilding64 m by 42.9 m
6. WPJ5LD4KTWEntrance12.8 m by 8.57 m
7. LPJ5LD4KTWLDoorway2.56 m by 1.71 m

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