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Kirov

Kirov OblastRussia

Grid Point Code for Kirov
With a code
#PNCGL-RMD8P
Said aloud
Kirov RMD8P

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Kirov is #PNCGL-RMD8P. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 1.78 m east to west, centred on 58°35'53.09"N, 49°39'28.15"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 Kirov, near its centre.

Code
#PNCGL-RMD8P
With a check character
#PNCGL-RMD8P*2
Short form
RMD8P
Cell centre
58.598081, 49.657820
Cell size
2.56 m by 1.78 m
Region
Kirov Oblast
Country
Russia
Population
507,155

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #PNCGL-RMD8P. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Kirov Oblast

Kirov RMD8P: 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 2.8 km east or west of Kirov. 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

#PNCGL-RMD8P*2. 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 27.8 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. PNCGMetropolitan area40 km by 27.8 km
  2. PNCGLDistrict8 km by 5.57 km
  3. PNCGLRSuburb1.6 km by 1.11 km
  4. PNCGLRMA few streets320 m by 223 m
  5. PNCGLRMDBuilding64 m by 44.5 m
  6. PNCGLRMD8Entrance12.8 m by 8.91 m
  7. PNCGLRMD8PDoorway2.56 m by 1.78 m

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