Grid Point Code

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Erbil

Iraq

With a code
#J33RG-L560D
Said aloud
Erbil L560D

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Erbil is #J33RG-L560D. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.76 m east to west, centred on 36°11'28.23"N, 44°00'33.93"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 Erbil, near its centre.

Code
#J33RG-L560D
With a check character
#J33RG-L560D*T
Short form
L560D
Cell centre
36.191174, 44.009426
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.76 m
Country
Iraq
Population
1,612,700

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #J33RG-L560D. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Iraq

Erbil L560D: 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 Erbil. 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

#J33RG-L560D*T. 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 43.1 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. J33RMetropolitan area40 km by 43.1 km
  2. J33RGDistrict8 km by 8.62 km
  3. J33RGLSuburb1.6 km by 1.72 km
  4. J33RGL5A few streets320 m by 345 m
  5. J33RGL56Building64 m by 69 m
  6. J33RGL560Entrance12.8 m by 13.8 m
  7. J33RGL560DDoorway2.56 m by 2.76 m

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