Manama Souq

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Manama Souq is #JH1CR-5KPL4. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.07 m east to west, centred on 26°13'52.53"N, 50°34'37.07"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

Bazaar of Manama, Bahrain

Code

#JH1CR-5KPL4

With a check character

#JH1CR-5KPL4*C

Short form

5KPL4

Cell centre

26.231259, 50.576963

Cell size

2.56 m by 3.07 m

City

Manama

Region

Manama

Country

Bahrain

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #JH1CR-5KPL4. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Manama

Manama Souq 5KPL4: 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 4.8 km east or west of Manama Souq. 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

#JH1CR-5KPL4*C. 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 47.9 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. CJH1CMetropolitan area40 km by 47.9 km
2. RJH1CRDistrict8 km by 9.59 km
3. 5JH1CR5Suburb1.6 km by 1.92 km
4. KJH1CR5KA few streets320 m by 383 m
5. PJH1CR5KPBuilding64 m by 76.7 m
6. LJH1CR5KPLEntrance12.8 m by 15.3 m
7. 4JH1CR5KPL4Doorway2.56 m by 3.07 m

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