Mukalla

What the code says

The Grid Point Code for Mukalla is #JJ5TM-W2G5W. It names a cell 2.56 m north to south and 3.31 m east to west, centred on 14°32'32.97"N, 49°07'27.28"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 Mukalla, near its centre.

Code

#JJ5TM-W2G5W

With a check character

#JJ5TM-W2G5W*7

Short form

W2G5W

Cell centre

14.542491, 49.124244

Cell size

2.56 m by 3.31 m

Region

Muhafazat Hadramaout

Country

Yemen

Population

594,951

How to give this address

On a sign, a form or a delivery note

The whole code, #JJ5TM-W2G5W. It needs nothing else: no city, no street, no network to read it back.

Said aloud, in Muhafazat Hadramaout

Mukalla W2G5W: 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 5.2 km east or west of Mukalla. 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

#JJ5TM-W2G5W*7. 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 51.7 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. TJJ5TMetropolitan area40 km by 51.7 km
2. MJJ5TMDistrict8 km by 10.3 km
3. WJJ5TMWSuburb1.6 km by 2.07 km
4. 2JJ5TMW2A few streets320 m by 414 m
5. GJJ5TMW2GBuilding64 m by 82.8 m
6. 5JJ5TMW2G5Entrance12.8 m by 16.6 m
7. WJJ5TMW2G5WDoorway2.56 m by 3.31 m

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