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Diyarbakır

Diyarbakır ProvinceTurkey

With a code
#J38R8-HWD98
Said aloud
Diyarbakır HWD98

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Diyarbakır is #J38R8-HWD98. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.70 m east to west, centred on 37°54'49.04"N, 40°13'01.91"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 Diyarbakır, near its centre.

Code
#J38R8-HWD98
With a check character
#J38R8-HWD98*P
Short form
HWD98
Cell centre
37.913622, 40.217196
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.70 m
Region
Diyarbakır Province
Country
Turkey
Population
1,833,684

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #J38R8-HWD98. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Diyarbakır Province

Diyarbakır HWD98: 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 4.2 km east or west of Diyarbakır. 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

#J38R8-HWD98*P. 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 42.2 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. J38RMetropolitan area40 km by 42.2 km
  2. J38R8District8 km by 8.43 km
  3. J38R8HSuburb1.6 km by 1.69 km
  4. J38R8HWA few streets320 m by 337 m
  5. J38R8HWDBuilding64 m by 67.4 m
  6. J38R8HWD9Entrance12.8 m by 13.5 m
  7. J38R8HWD98Doorway2.56 m by 2.7 m

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