Cairo
Egypt
- With a code
#J7MNH-FLC1K- Said aloud
- Cairo
FLC1K
What the code says
The Grid Point Code for Cairo is #J7MNH-FLC1K. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.96 m east to west, centred on 30°03'45.46"N, 31°14'58.77"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 Cairo, near its centre, and Cairo is the capital of Egypt.
- Code
#J7MNH-FLC1K- With a check character
#J7MNH-FLC1K*3- Short form
FLC1K- Cell centre
- 30.062627, 31.249659
- Cell size
- 2.56 m by 2.96 m
- Country
- Egypt
- Population
- 9,606,916
How to give this address
- On a sign, a form or a delivery note
The whole code,
#J7MNH-FLC1K. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.- Said aloud, in Egypt
Cairo FLC1K: 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 4.6 km east or west of Cairo. 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
#J7MNH-FLC1K*3. 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 46.2 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.
- J7MNMetropolitan area40 km by 46.2 km
- J7MNHDistrict8 km by 9.25 km
- J7MNHFSuburb1.6 km by 1.85 km
- J7MNHFLA few streets320 m by 370 m
- J7MNHFLCBuilding64 m by 74 m
- J7MNHFLC1Entrance12.8 m by 14.8 m
- J7MNHFLC1KDoorway2.56 m by 2.96 m
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City, region and population from GeoNames, under CC BY 4.0.