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Kurgan

Kurgan OblastRussia

Grid Point Code for Kurgan
With a code
#N52RP-382MC
Said aloud
Kurgan 382MC

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Kurgan is #N52RP-382MC. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 1.94 m east to west, centred on 55°26'56.55"N, 65°20'36.43"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 Kurgan, near its centre.

Code
#N52RP-382MC
With a check character
#N52RP-382MC*0
Short form
382MC
Cell centre
55.449043, 65.343452
Cell size
2.56 m by 1.94 m
Region
Kurgan Oblast
Country
Russia
Population
309,285

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #N52RP-382MC. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Kurgan Oblast

Kurgan 382MC: 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 3.0 km east or west of Kurgan. 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

#N52RP-382MC*0. 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 30.3 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. N52RMetropolitan area40 km by 30.3 km
  2. N52RPDistrict8 km by 6.06 km
  3. N52RP3Suburb1.6 km by 1.21 km
  4. N52RP38A few streets320 m by 242 m
  5. N52RP382Building64 m by 48.5 m
  6. N52RP382MEntrance12.8 m by 9.7 m
  7. N52RP382MCDoorway2.56 m by 1.94 m

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