Doha

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Doha is #JH128-347MN. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.09 m east to west, centred on 25°17'07.60"N, 51°31'51.50"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 Doha, near its centre, and Doha is the capital of Qatar.

Code

#JH128-347MN

With a check character

#JH128-347MN*5

Short form

347MN

Cell centre

25.285444, 51.530972

Cell size

2.56 m by 3.09 m

Region

Baladiyat ad Dawhah

Country

Qatar

Population

344,939

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #JH128-347MN. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Baladiyat ad Dawhah

Doha 347MN: 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 Doha. 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

#JH128-347MN*5. 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. 8JH128District8 km by 9.66 km
3. 3JH1283Suburb1.6 km by 1.93 km
4. 4JH12834A few streets320 m by 387 m
5. 7JH128347Building64 m by 77.3 m
6. MJH128347MEntrance12.8 m by 15.5 m
7. NJH128347MNDoorway2.56 m by 3.09 m

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