Sfax

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Sfax is #J90LF-CFNDN. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.81 m east to west, centred on 34°44'25.99"N, 10°45'37.00"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 Sfax, near its centre.

Code

#J90LF-CFNDN

With a check character

#J90LF-CFNDN*3

Short form

CFNDN

Cell centre

34.740553, 10.760279

Cell size

2.56 m by 2.81 m

Region

Sfax Governorate

Country

Tunisia

Population

280,566

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #J90LF-CFNDN. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Sfax Governorate

Sfax CFNDN: 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 4.4 km east or west of Sfax. 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

#J90LF-CFNDN*3. 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 43.9 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. LJ90LMetropolitan area40 km by 43.9 km
2. FJ90LFDistrict8 km by 8.78 km
3. CJ90LFCSuburb1.6 km by 1.76 km
4. FJ90LFCFA few streets320 m by 351 m
5. NJ90LFCFNBuilding64 m by 70.3 m
6. DJ90LFCFNDEntrance12.8 m by 14.1 m
7. NJ90LFCFNDNDoorway2.56 m by 2.81 m

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