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Al 'Amārah

MaysanIraq

Grid Point Code for Al 'Amārah
With a code
#J6CMD-0T1T7
Said aloud
Al 'Amārah 0T1T7

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Al 'Amārah is #J6CMD-0T1T7. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.91 m east to west, centred on 31°50'08.16"N, 47°08'41.40"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 Al 'Amārah, near its centre.

Code
#J6CMD-0T1T7
With a check character
#J6CMD-0T1T7*P
Short form
0T1T7
Cell centre
31.835601, 47.144832
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.91 m
Region
Maysan
Country
Iraq
Population
323,302

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #J6CMD-0T1T7. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Maysan

Al 'Amārah 0T1T7: 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 4.5 km east or west of Al 'Amārah. 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

#J6CMD-0T1T7*P. 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 45.4 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. J6CMMetropolitan area40 km by 45.4 km
  2. J6CMDDistrict8 km by 9.08 km
  3. J6CMD0Suburb1.6 km by 1.82 km
  4. J6CMD0TA few streets320 m by 363 m
  5. J6CMD0T1Building64 m by 72.6 m
  6. J6CMD0T1TEntrance12.8 m by 14.5 m
  7. J6CMD0T1T7Doorway2.56 m by 2.91 m

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