Addis Mercato

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Addis Mercato is #JK3XR-F383K. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.38 m east to west, centred on 9°01'50.03"N, 38°44'20.00"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

Marketplace in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Code

#JK3XR-F383K

With a check character

#JK3XR-F383K*N

Short form

F383K

Cell centre

9.030563, 38.738888

Cell size

2.56 m by 3.38 m

City

Addis Ababa

Region

Addis Ababa

Country

Ethiopia

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #JK3XR-F383K. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Addis Ababa

Addis Mercato F383K: 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 5.3 km east or west of Addis Mercato. 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

#JK3XR-F383K*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 52.8 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. XJK3XMetropolitan area40 km by 52.8 km
2. RJK3XRDistrict8 km by 10.6 km
3. FJK3XRFSuburb1.6 km by 2.11 km
4. 3JK3XRF3A few streets320 m by 422 m
5. 8JK3XRF38Building64 m by 84.4 m
6. 3JK3XRF383Entrance12.8 m by 16.9 m
7. KJK3XRF383KDoorway2.56 m by 3.38 m

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