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Tomsk

Tomsk OblastRussia

Grid Point Code for Tomsk
With a code
#N797P-M5K0K
Said aloud
Tomsk M5K0K

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Tomsk is #N797P-M5K0K. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 1.89 m east to west, centred on 56°30'01.79"N, 84°58'55.79"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 Tomsk, near its centre.

Code
#N797P-M5K0K
With a check character
#N797P-M5K0K*N
Short form
M5K0K
Cell centre
56.500497, 84.982164
Cell size
2.56 m by 1.89 m
Region
Tomsk Oblast
Country
Russia
Population
574,002

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #N797P-M5K0K. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Tomsk Oblast

Tomsk M5K0K: 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 2.9 km east or west of Tomsk. 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

#N797P-M5K0K*N. 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 29.5 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. N797Metropolitan area40 km by 29.5 km
  2. N797PDistrict8 km by 5.9 km
  3. N797PMSuburb1.6 km by 1.18 km
  4. N797PM5A few streets320 m by 236 m
  5. N797PM5KBuilding64 m by 47.2 m
  6. N797PM5K0Entrance12.8 m by 9.44 m
  7. N797PM5K0KDoorway2.56 m by 1.89 m

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