Grid Point Code

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Jalalpur Pirwala

PunjabPakistan

With a code
#KN963-JTT4J
Said aloud
Jalalpur Pirwala JTT4J

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Jalalpur Pirwala is #KN963-JTT4J. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.98 m east to west, centred on 29°30'18.38"N, 71°13'19.31"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 Jalalpur Pirwala, near its centre.

Code
#KN963-JTT4J
With a check character
#KN963-JTT4J*C
Short form
JTT4J
Cell centre
29.505105, 71.222031
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.98 m
Region
Punjab
Country
Pakistan
Population
500,000

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #KN963-JTT4J. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Punjab

Jalalpur Pirwala JTT4J: 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 Jalalpur Pirwala. 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

#KN963-JTT4J*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 46.5 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. KN96Metropolitan area40 km by 46.5 km
  2. KN963District8 km by 9.3 km
  3. KN963JSuburb1.6 km by 1.86 km
  4. KN963JTA few streets320 m by 372 m
  5. KN963JTTBuilding64 m by 74.4 m
  6. KN963JTT4Entrance12.8 m by 14.9 m
  7. KN963JTT4JDoorway2.56 m by 2.98 m

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City, region and population from GeoNames, under CC BY 4.0.