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Djémila

near El EulmaSétif ProvinceAlgeria

Grid Point Code for Djémila
With a code
#J0TRX-GK9G9
Said aloud
Djémila GK9G9

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Djémila is #J0TRX-GK9G9. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.76 m east to west, centred on 36°19'14.04"N, 5°44'12.00"E, and it turns back into that cell on any phone or computer by arithmetic alone: no network, no account, no lookup table.

What it is
Archaeological site of ancient Cuicul in Algeria
Code
#J0TRX-GK9G9
With a check character
#J0TRX-GK9G9*P
Short form
GK9G9
Cell centre
36.320567, 5.736668
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.76 m
Region
Sétif Province
Country
Algeria

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #J0TRX-GK9G9. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Sétif Province

Djémila GK9G9: 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 4.3 km east or west of Djémila. 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

#J0TRX-GK9G9*P. 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 43.1 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. J0TRMetropolitan area40 km by 43.1 km
  2. J0TRXDistrict8 km by 8.61 km
  3. J0TRXGSuburb1.6 km by 1.72 km
  4. J0TRXGKA few streets320 m by 344 m
  5. J0TRXGK9Building64 m by 68.9 m
  6. J0TRXGK9GEntrance12.8 m by 13.8 m
  7. J0TRXGK9G9Doorway2.56 m by 2.76 m

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Place and region from Wikidata, described on Wikipedia; nearby town from GeoNames, under CC BY 4.0.