Grid Point Code

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Dihok

DuhokIraq

With a code
#J32HF-3X6N0
Said aloud
Dihok 3X6N0

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Dihok is #J32HF-3X6N0. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.74 m east to west, centred on 36°51'57.91"N, 42°59'16.42"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 Dihok, near its centre.

Code
#J32HF-3X6N0
With a check character
#J32HF-3X6N0*G
Short form
3X6N0
Cell centre
36.866085, 42.987894
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.74 m
Region
Duhok
Country
Iraq
Population
340,900

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #J32HF-3X6N0. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Duhok

Dihok 3X6N0: 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 Dihok. 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

#J32HF-3X6N0*G. 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 42.7 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. J32HMetropolitan area40 km by 42.7 km
  2. J32HFDistrict8 km by 8.55 km
  3. J32HF3Suburb1.6 km by 1.71 km
  4. J32HF3XA few streets320 m by 342 m
  5. J32HF3X6Building64 m by 68.4 m
  6. J32HF3X6NEntrance12.8 m by 13.7 m
  7. J32HF3X6N0Doorway2.56 m by 2.74 m

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