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Grozny

ChechnyaRussia

Grid Point Code for Grozny
With a code
#J3X09-HK4N9
Said aloud
Grozny HK4N9

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Grozny is #J3X09-HK4N9. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.49 m east to west, centred on 43°18'42.98"N, 45°41'20.22"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 Grozny, near its centre.

Code
#J3X09-HK4N9
With a check character
#J3X09-HK4N9*D
Short form
HK4N9
Cell centre
43.311940, 45.688950
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.49 m
Region
Chechnya
Country
Russia
Population
297,137

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #J3X09-HK4N9. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Chechnya

Grozny HK4N9: 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 Grozny. 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

#J3X09-HK4N9*D. 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 38.9 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. J3X0Metropolitan area40 km by 38.9 km
  2. J3X09District8 km by 7.78 km
  3. J3X09HSuburb1.6 km by 1.56 km
  4. J3X09HKA few streets320 m by 311 m
  5. J3X09HK4Building64 m by 62.2 m
  6. J3X09HK4NEntrance12.8 m by 12.4 m
  7. J3X09HK4N9Doorway2.56 m by 2.49 m

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