Grid Point Code

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Al Mawşil al Jadīdah

NinevehIraq

With a code
#J324X-N4FJ0
Said aloud
Al Mawşil al Jadīdah N4FJ0

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Al Mawşil al Jadīdah is #J324X-N4FJ0. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.75 m east to west, centred on 36°19'57.75"N, 43°06'19.98"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 Mawşil al Jadīdah, near its centre.

Code
#J324X-N4FJ0
With a check character
#J324X-N4FJ0*2
Short form
N4FJ0
Cell centre
36.332709, 43.105551
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.75 m
Region
Nineveh
Country
Iraq
Population
2,065,597

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #J324X-N4FJ0. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Nineveh

Al Mawşil al Jadīdah N4FJ0: 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 4.3 km east or west of Al Mawşil al Jadīdah. 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

#J324X-N4FJ0*2. 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 43 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. J324Metropolitan area40 km by 43 km
  2. J324XDistrict8 km by 8.61 km
  3. J324XNSuburb1.6 km by 1.72 km
  4. J324XN4A few streets320 m by 344 m
  5. J324XN4FBuilding64 m by 68.9 m
  6. J324XN4FJEntrance12.8 m by 13.8 m
  7. J324XN4FJ0Doorway2.56 m by 2.75 m

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