Grid Point Code

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Konya

Turkey

With a code
#J2K21-R4717
Said aloud
Konya R4717

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Konya is #J2K21-R4717. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.70 m east to west, centred on 37°52'16.83"N, 32°29'04.68"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 Konya, near its centre.

Code
#J2K21-R4717
With a check character
#J2K21-R4717*M
Short form
R4717
Cell centre
37.871343, 32.484634
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.70 m
Country
Turkey
Population
1,433,861

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #J2K21-R4717. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Turkey

Konya R4717: 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 Konya. 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

#J2K21-R4717*M. 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. J2K2Metropolitan area40 km by 42.2 km
  2. J2K21District8 km by 8.44 km
  3. J2K21RSuburb1.6 km by 1.69 km
  4. J2K21R4A few streets320 m by 337 m
  5. J2K21R47Building64 m by 67.5 m
  6. J2K21R471Entrance12.8 m by 13.5 m
  7. J2K21R4717Doorway2.56 m by 2.7 m

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