Tripoli

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Tripoli is #J8J77-M0K94. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.87 m east to west, centred on 32°53'14.72"N, 13°11'14.43"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 Tripoli, near its centre, and Tripoli is the capital of Libya.

Code

#J8J77-M0K94

With a check character

#J8J77-M0K94*P

Short form

M0K94

Cell centre

32.887423, 13.187343

Cell size

2.56 m by 2.87 m

Country

Libya

Population

1,302,947

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #J8J77-M0K94. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Libya

Tripoli M0K94: 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 Tripoli. 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

#J8J77-M0K94*P. 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 44.9 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. 7J8J7Metropolitan area40 km by 44.9 km
2. 7J8J77District8 km by 8.97 km
3. MJ8J77MSuburb1.6 km by 1.79 km
4. 0J8J77M0A few streets320 m by 359 m
5. KJ8J77M0KBuilding64 m by 71.8 m
6. 9J8J77M0K9Entrance12.8 m by 14.4 m
7. 4J8J77M0K94Doorway2.56 m by 2.87 m

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