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Chita

Zabaykalskiy (Transbaikal) KrayRussia

With a code
#N0LRF-RPC63
Said aloud
Chita RPC63

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Chita is #N0LRF-RPC63. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.10 m east to west, centred on 52°02'35.19"N, 113°29'30.15"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 Chita, near its centre.

Code
#N0LRF-RPC63
With a check character
#N0LRF-RPC63*4
Short form
RPC63
Cell centre
52.043109, 113.491707
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.10 m
Region
Zabaykalskiy (Transbaikal) Kray
Country
Russia
Population
349,005

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #N0LRF-RPC63. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Zabaykalskiy (Transbaikal) Kray

Chita RPC63: 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 3.3 km east or west of Chita. 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

#N0LRF-RPC63*4. 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 32.9 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. N0LRMetropolitan area40 km by 32.9 km
  2. N0LRFDistrict8 km by 6.57 km
  3. N0LRFRSuburb1.6 km by 1.31 km
  4. N0LRFRPA few streets320 m by 263 m
  5. N0LRFRPCBuilding64 m by 52.6 m
  6. N0LRFRPC6Entrance12.8 m by 10.5 m
  7. N0LRFRPC63Doorway2.56 m by 2.1 m

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