Medina of Essaouira

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Medina of Essaouira is #HJHCD-MGHHG. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.92 m east to west, centred on 31°30'51.84"N, 9°46'08.09"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

World Heritage site in Morocco

Code

#HJHCD-MGHHG

With a check character

#HJHCD-MGHHG*1

Short form

MGHHG

Cell centre

31.514400, -9.768914

Cell size

2.56 m by 2.92 m

City

Essaouira

Region

Marrakesh-Safi

Country

Morocco

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

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

Said aloud, in Essaouira

Medina of Essaouira MGHHG: 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 4.6 km east or west of Medina of Essaouira. 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

#HJHCD-MGHHG*1. 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 45.6 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. CHJHCMetropolitan area40 km by 45.6 km
2. DHJHCDDistrict8 km by 9.11 km
3. MHJHCDMSuburb1.6 km by 1.82 km
4. GHJHCDMGA few streets320 m by 364 m
5. HHJHCDMGHBuilding64 m by 72.9 m
6. HHJHCDMGHHEntrance12.8 m by 14.6 m
7. GHJHCDMGHHGDoorway2.56 m by 2.92 m

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