Grid Point Code

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Aswān

AswanEgypt

With a code
#JF682-G22KN
Said aloud
Aswān G22KN

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Aswān is #JF682-G22KN. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.12 m east to west, centred on 24°05'26.95"N, 32°53'57.89"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 Aswān, near its centre.

Code
#JF682-G22KN
With a check character
#JF682-G22KN*7
Short form
G22KN
Cell centre
24.090820, 32.899415
Cell size
2.56 m by 3.12 m
Region
Aswan
Country
Egypt
Population
379,774

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #JF682-G22KN. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Aswan

Aswān G22KN: 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 4.9 km east or west of Aswān. 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

#JF682-G22KN*7. 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 48.8 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. JF68Metropolitan area40 km by 48.8 km
  2. JF682District8 km by 9.76 km
  3. JF682GSuburb1.6 km by 1.95 km
  4. JF682G2A few streets320 m by 390 m
  5. JF682G22Building64 m by 78 m
  6. JF682G22KEntrance12.8 m by 15.6 m
  7. JF682G22KNDoorway2.56 m by 3.12 m

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