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Esenyurt

IstanbulTurkey

Grid Point Code for Esenyurt
With a code
#J2DJR-WWC83
Said aloud
Esenyurt WWC83

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Esenyurt is #J2DJR-WWC83. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.58 m east to west, centred on 41°01'37.10"N, 28°40'38.35"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 Esenyurt, near its centre.

Code
#J2DJR-WWC83
With a check character
#J2DJR-WWC83*3
Short form
WWC83
Cell centre
41.026971, 28.677320
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.58 m
Region
Istanbul
Country
Turkey
Population
983,571

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #J2DJR-WWC83. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Istanbul

Esenyurt WWC83: 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 4.0 km east or west of Esenyurt. 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

#J2DJR-WWC83*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 40.3 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. J2DJMetropolitan area40 km by 40.3 km
  2. J2DJRDistrict8 km by 8.06 km
  3. J2DJRWSuburb1.6 km by 1.61 km
  4. J2DJRWWA few streets320 m by 322 m
  5. J2DJRWWCBuilding64 m by 64.5 m
  6. J2DJRWWC8Entrance12.8 m by 12.9 m
  7. J2DJRWWC83Doorway2.56 m by 2.58 m

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