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Kursk

Kursk OblastRussia

Grid Point Code for Kursk
With a code
#PRJNK-H3963
Said aloud
Kursk H3963

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Kursk is #PRJNK-H3963. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.12 m east to west, centred on 51°43'36.79"N, 36°11'04.49"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 Kursk, near its centre.

Code
#PRJNK-H3963
With a check character
#PRJNK-H3963*0
Short form
H3963
Cell centre
51.726885, 36.184581
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.12 m
Region
Kursk Oblast
Country
Russia
Population
448,733

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #PRJNK-H3963. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Kursk Oblast

Kursk H3963: 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 Kursk. 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

#PRJNK-H3963*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 33.1 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. PRJNMetropolitan area40 km by 33.1 km
  2. PRJNKDistrict8 km by 6.62 km
  3. PRJNKHSuburb1.6 km by 1.32 km
  4. PRJNKH3A few streets320 m by 265 m
  5. PRJNKH39Building64 m by 53 m
  6. PRJNKH396Entrance12.8 m by 10.6 m
  7. PRJNKH3963Doorway2.56 m by 2.12 m

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