Irbid

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Irbid is #J79XG-2P43L. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.88 m east to west, centred on 32°33'20.00"N, 35°51'00.04"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 Irbid, near its centre.

Code

#J79XG-2P43L

With a check character

#J79XG-2P43L*6

Short form

2P43L

Cell centre

32.555555, 35.850010

Cell size

2.56 m by 2.88 m

Country

Jordan

Population

569,068

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #J79XG-2P43L. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Jordan

Irbid 2P43L: 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 Irbid. 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

#J79XG-2P43L*6. 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 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. XJ79XMetropolitan area40 km by 45 km
2. GJ79XGDistrict8 km by 9.01 km
3. 2J79XG2Suburb1.6 km by 1.8 km
4. PJ79XG2PA few streets320 m by 360 m
5. 4J79XG2P4Building64 m by 72.1 m
6. 3J79XG2P43Entrance12.8 m by 14.4 m
7. LJ79XG2P43LDoorway2.56 m by 2.88 m

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