Makhtesh Ramon

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Makhtesh Ramon is #J7N22-KFH16. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.94 m east to west, centred on 30°34'42.99"N, 34°49'04.03"E, and it turns back into that cell on any phone or computer by arithmetic alone: no network, no account, no lookup table.

What it is

National park in Israel

Code

#J7N22-KFH16

With a check character

#J7N22-KFH16*7

Short form

KFH16

Cell centre

30.578607, 34.817787

Cell size

2.56 m by 2.94 m

Region

Southern District

Country

Israel

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #J7N22-KFH16. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Southern District

Makhtesh Ramon KFH16: 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 Makhtesh Ramon. 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

#J7N22-KFH16*7. 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 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. 2J7N2Metropolitan area40 km by 46 km
2. 2J7N22District8 km by 9.2 km
3. KJ7N22KSuburb1.6 km by 1.84 km
4. FJ7N22KFA few streets320 m by 368 m
5. HJ7N22KFHBuilding64 m by 73.6 m
6. 1J7N22KFH1Entrance12.8 m by 14.7 m
7. 6J7N22KFH16Doorway2.56 m by 2.94 m

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