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Al Ain City

Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates

With a code
#JH6GX-XPXH2
Said aloud
Al Ain City XPXH2

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What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Al Ain City is #JH6GX-XPXH2. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.12 m east to west, centred on 24°11'30.00"N, 55°45'38.03"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 Al Ain City, near its centre.

Code
#JH6GX-XPXH2
With a check character
#JH6GX-XPXH2*3
Short form
XPXH2
Cell centre
24.191666, 55.760563
Cell size
2.56 m by 3.12 m
Region
Abu Dhabi
Country
United Arab Emirates
Population
846,747

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #JH6GX-XPXH2. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Abu Dhabi

Al Ain City XPXH2: 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 4.9 km east or west of Al Ain City. 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

#JH6GX-XPXH2*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 48.7 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. JH6GMetropolitan area40 km by 48.7 km
  2. JH6GXDistrict8 km by 9.75 km
  3. JH6GXXSuburb1.6 km by 1.95 km
  4. JH6GXXPA few streets320 m by 390 m
  5. JH6GXXPXBuilding64 m by 78 m
  6. JH6GXXPXHEntrance12.8 m by 15.6 m
  7. JH6GXXPXH2Doorway2.56 m by 3.12 m

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