Grid Point Code

Play

Shiraz

FarsIran

With a code
#J5KH7-995NT
Said aloud
Shiraz 995NT

Get the code for your door

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Shiraz is #J5KH7-995NT. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.97 m east to west, centred on 29°36'37.10"N, 52°31'52.04"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 Shiraz, near its centre.

Code
#J5KH7-995NT
With a check character
#J5KH7-995NT*R
Short form
995NT
Cell centre
29.610305, 52.531123
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.97 m
Region
Fars
Country
Iran
Population
1,249,942

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #J5KH7-995NT. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Fars

Shiraz 995NT: 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 Shiraz. 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

#J5KH7-995NT*R. 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 46.5 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. J5KHMetropolitan area40 km by 46.5 km
  2. J5KH7District8 km by 9.29 km
  3. J5KH79Suburb1.6 km by 1.86 km
  4. J5KH799A few streets320 m by 372 m
  5. J5KH7995Building64 m by 74.3 m
  6. J5KH7995NEntrance12.8 m by 14.9 m
  7. J5KH7995NTDoorway2.56 m by 2.97 m

More in Iran

City, region and population from GeoNames, under CC BY 4.0.