Ar Rayyān

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Ar Rayyān is #JH129-6KW5T. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.09 m east to west, centred on 25°17'30.99"N, 51°25'27.97"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 Ar Rayyān, near its centre.

Code

#JH129-6KW5T

With a check character

#JH129-6KW5T*8

Short form

6KW5T

Cell centre

25.291941, 51.424435

Cell size

2.56 m by 3.09 m

Region

Baladiyat ar Rayyan

Country

Qatar

Population

272,465

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #JH129-6KW5T. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Baladiyat ar Rayyan

Ar Rayyān 6KW5T: 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 4.8 km east or west of Ar Rayyān. 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

#JH129-6KW5T*8. 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 48.3 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. 2JH12Metropolitan area40 km by 48.3 km
2. 9JH129District8 km by 9.66 km
3. 6JH1296Suburb1.6 km by 1.93 km
4. KJH1296KA few streets320 m by 386 m
5. WJH1296KWBuilding64 m by 77.3 m
6. 5JH1296KW5Entrance12.8 m by 15.5 m
7. TJH1296KW5TDoorway2.56 m by 3.09 m

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