Al Aḩmadī

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Al Aḩmadī is #J5JP9-X8P6P. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.99 m east to west, centred on 29°04'36.94"N, 48°05'01.97"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 Aḩmadī, near its centre.

Code

#J5JP9-X8P6P

With a check character

#J5JP9-X8P6P*R

Short form

X8P6P

Cell centre

29.076929, 48.083881

Cell size

2.56 m by 2.99 m

Country

Kuwait

Population

637,411

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #J5JP9-X8P6P. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Kuwait

Al Aḩmadī X8P6P: 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 4.7 km east or west of Al Aḩmadī. 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

#J5JP9-X8P6P*R. 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 46.7 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. PJ5JPMetropolitan area40 km by 46.7 km
2. 9J5JP9District8 km by 9.34 km
3. XJ5JP9XSuburb1.6 km by 1.87 km
4. 8J5JP9X8A few streets320 m by 374 m
5. PJ5JP9X8PBuilding64 m by 74.7 m
6. 6J5JP9X8P6Entrance12.8 m by 14.9 m
7. PJ5JP9X8P6PDoorway2.56 m by 2.99 m

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