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Nukus

KarakalpakstanUzbekistan

Grid Point Code for Nukus
With a code
#J45C4-JFG16
Said aloud
Nukus JFG16

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Nukus is #J45C4-JFG16. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.52 m east to west, centred on 42°27'30.99"N, 59°36'20.72"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 Nukus, near its centre.

Code
#J45C4-JFG16
With a check character
#J45C4-JFG16*N
Short form
JFG16
Cell centre
42.458607, 59.605755
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.52 m
Region
Karakalpakstan
Country
Uzbekistan
Population
332,500

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #J45C4-JFG16. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Karakalpakstan

Nukus JFG16: 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 3.9 km east or west of Nukus. 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

#J45C4-JFG16*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 39.4 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. J45CMetropolitan area40 km by 39.4 km
  2. J45C4District8 km by 7.88 km
  3. J45C4JSuburb1.6 km by 1.58 km
  4. J45C4JFA few streets320 m by 315 m
  5. J45C4JFGBuilding64 m by 63.1 m
  6. J45C4JFG1Entrance12.8 m by 12.6 m
  7. J45C4JFG16Doorway2.56 m by 2.52 m

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