Kuwait City

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Kuwait City is #J695C-WKWL3. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.98 m east to west, centred on 29°22'01.21"N, 47°58'27.49"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 Kuwait City, near its centre, and Kuwait City is the capital of Kuwait.

Code

#J695C-WKWL3

With a check character

#J695C-WKWL3*C

Short form

WKWL3

Cell centre

29.367003, 47.974303

Cell size

2.56 m by 2.98 m

Region

Al Asimah

Country

Kuwait

Population

60,064

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #J695C-WKWL3. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Al Asimah

Kuwait City WKWL3: 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 Kuwait City. 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

#J695C-WKWL3*C. 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 46.6 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. 5J695Metropolitan area40 km by 46.6 km
2. CJ695CDistrict8 km by 9.31 km
3. WJ695CWSuburb1.6 km by 1.86 km
4. KJ695CWKA few streets320 m by 373 m
5. WJ695CWKWBuilding64 m by 74.5 m
6. LJ695CWKWLEntrance12.8 m by 14.9 m
7. 3J695CWKWL3Doorway2.56 m by 2.98 m

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