Grid Point Code

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Malatya

Turkey

With a code
#J399H-N8R2T
Said aloud
Malatya N8R2T

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Malatya is #J399H-N8R2T. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 2.68 m east to west, centred on 38°21'00.66"N, 38°19'00.02"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 Malatya, near its centre.

Code
#J399H-N8R2T
With a check character
#J399H-N8R2T*P
Short form
N8R2T
Cell centre
38.350184, 38.316672
Cell size
2.56 m by 2.68 m
Country
Turkey
Population
750,491

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #J399H-N8R2T. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Turkey

Malatya N8R2T: 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 Malatya. 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

#J399H-N8R2T*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 41.9 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. J399Metropolitan area40 km by 41.9 km
  2. J399HDistrict8 km by 8.38 km
  3. J399HNSuburb1.6 km by 1.68 km
  4. J399HN8A few streets320 m by 335 m
  5. J399HN8RBuilding64 m by 67 m
  6. J399HN8R2Entrance12.8 m by 13.4 m
  7. J399HN8R2TDoorway2.56 m by 2.68 m

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