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Makhachkala

DagestanRussia

Grid Point Code for Makhachkala
With a code
#J3JRN-WH4M7
Said aloud
Makhachkala WH4M7

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Makhachkala is #J3JRN-WH4M7. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.50 m east to west, centred on 42°58'40.13"N, 47°30'00.94"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 Makhachkala, near its centre.

Code
#J3JRN-WH4M7
With a check character
#J3JRN-WH4M7*F
Short form
WH4M7
Cell centre
42.977814, 47.500262
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.50 m
Region
Dagestan
Country
Russia
Population
596,356

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #J3JRN-WH4M7. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Dagestan

Makhachkala WH4M7: 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 3.9 km east or west of Makhachkala. 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

#J3JRN-WH4M7*F. 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 39.1 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. J3JRMetropolitan area40 km by 39.1 km
  2. J3JRNDistrict8 km by 7.82 km
  3. J3JRNWSuburb1.6 km by 1.56 km
  4. J3JRNWHA few streets320 m by 313 m
  5. J3JRNWH4Building64 m by 62.5 m
  6. J3JRNWH4MEntrance12.8 m by 12.5 m
  7. J3JRNWH4M7Doorway2.56 m by 2.5 m

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