Fes el Bali

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Fes el Bali is #HJLXK-1CNKH. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.83 m east to west, centred on 34°03'45.03"N, 4°58'21.03"W, 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

Quarter of Fes, Morocco

Code

#HJLXK-1CNKH

With a check character

#HJLXK-1CNKH*M

Short form

1CNKH

Cell centre

34.062509, -4.972508

Cell size

2.56 m by 2.83 m

City

Fes

Region

Fès-Meknès

Country

Morocco

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #HJLXK-1CNKH. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Fes

Fes el Bali 1CNKH: 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 4.4 km east or west of Fes el Bali. 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

#HJLXK-1CNKH*M. 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 44.3 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. XHJLXMetropolitan area40 km by 44.3 km
2. KHJLXKDistrict8 km by 8.85 km
3. 1HJLXK1Suburb1.6 km by 1.77 km
4. CHJLXK1CA few streets320 m by 354 m
5. NHJLXK1CNBuilding64 m by 70.8 m
6. KHJLXK1CNKEntrance12.8 m by 14.2 m
7. HHJLXK1CNKHDoorway2.56 m by 2.83 m

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