Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk OblastRussia

With a code: #N6XF3-53PJ8
Said aloud: Novosibirsk 53PJ8

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Novosibirsk is #N6XF3-53PJ8. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 1.96 m east to west, centred on 55°01'21.35"N, 82°55'54.33"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 Novosibirsk, near its centre.

Code: #N6XF3-53PJ8
With a check character: #N6XF3-53PJ8*1
Short form: 53PJ8
Cell centre: 55.022596, 82.931758
Cell size: 2.56 m by 1.96 m
Region: Novosibirsk Oblast
Country: Russia
Population: 1,612,833

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note: The whole code, #N6XF3-53PJ8. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.
Said aloud, in Novosibirsk Oblast: Novosibirsk 53PJ8: 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 3.1 km east or west of Novosibirsk. 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: #N6XF3-53PJ8*1. 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 30.6 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.

N6XFMetropolitan area40 km by 30.6 km
N6XF3District8 km by 6.13 km
N6XF35Suburb1.6 km by 1.23 km
N6XF353A few streets320 m by 245 m
N6XF353PBuilding64 m by 49 m
N6XF353PJEntrance12.8 m by 9.8 m
N6XF353PJ8Doorway2.56 m by 1.96 m

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