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Ankara

Turkey

Grid Point Code for Ankara
With a code
#J2G32-DNR9J
Said aloud
Ankara DNR9J

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Ankara is #J2G32-DNR9J. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.62 m east to west, centred on 39°55'11.55"N, 32°51'15.33"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 Ankara, near its centre, and Ankara is the capital of Turkey.

Code
#J2G32-DNR9J
With a check character
#J2G32-DNR9J*H
Short form
DNR9J
Cell centre
39.919876, 32.854257
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.62 m
Country
Turkey
Population
3,517,182

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #J2G32-DNR9J. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Turkey

Ankara DNR9J: 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 4.1 km east or west of Ankara. 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

#J2G32-DNR9J*H. 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 41 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. J2G3Metropolitan area40 km by 41 km
  2. J2G32District8 km by 8.2 km
  3. J2G32DSuburb1.6 km by 1.64 km
  4. J2G32DNA few streets320 m by 328 m
  5. J2G32DNRBuilding64 m by 65.6 m
  6. J2G32DNR9Entrance12.8 m by 13.1 m
  7. J2G32DNR9JDoorway2.56 m by 2.62 m

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