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Irkutsk

Irkutsk OblastRussia

Grid Point Code for Irkutsk
With a code
#N1126-89NW6
Said aloud
Irkutsk 89NW6

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Irkutsk is #N1126-89NW6. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.09 m east to west, centred on 52°17'44.34"N, 104°17'26.74"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 Irkutsk, near its centre.

Code
#N1126-89NW6
With a check character
#N1126-89NW6*C
Short form
89NW6
Cell centre
52.295651, 104.290760
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.09 m
Region
Irkutsk Oblast
Country
Russia
Population
623,869

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #N1126-89NW6. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Irkutsk Oblast

Irkutsk 89NW6: 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 Irkutsk. 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

#N1126-89NW6*C. 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 32.7 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. N112Metropolitan area40 km by 32.7 km
  2. N1126District8 km by 6.54 km
  3. N11268Suburb1.6 km by 1.31 km
  4. N112689A few streets320 m by 261 m
  5. N112689NBuilding64 m by 52.3 m
  6. N112689NWEntrance12.8 m by 10.5 m
  7. N112689NW6Doorway2.56 m by 2.09 m

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