Grid Point Code

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Yekaterinburg

Sverdlovsk OblastRussia

With a code
#N59G3-LH35K
Said aloud
Yekaterinburg LH35K

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Yekaterinburg is #N59G3-LH35K. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 1.87 m east to west, centred on 56°51'26.42"N, 60°36'54.99"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 Yekaterinburg, near its centre.

Code
#N59G3-LH35K
With a check character
#N59G3-LH35K*4
Short form
LH35K
Cell centre
56.857340, 60.615276
Cell size
2.56 m by 1.87 m
Region
Sverdlovsk Oblast
Country
Russia
Population
1,495,066

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #N59G3-LH35K. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Sverdlovsk Oblast

Yekaterinburg LH35K: 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 Yekaterinburg. 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

#N59G3-LH35K*4. 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 29.2 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. N59GMetropolitan area40 km by 29.2 km
  2. N59G3District8 km by 5.84 km
  3. N59G3LSuburb1.6 km by 1.17 km
  4. N59G3LHA few streets320 m by 234 m
  5. N59G3LH3Building64 m by 46.7 m
  6. N59G3LH35Entrance12.8 m by 9.35 m
  7. N59G3LH35KDoorway2.56 m by 1.87 m

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