VolksNav(c) in Egypt: starting with urban radius r100

The definition of the radius r100 allows to build location codes which are smarter than post codes. They look like this example:

  StatusQuo(c) City m4:7 r22  

This target could be a building, a crossing, a stop point, a bridge etc. The conventions for this format with hours, minutes and radius are as follows:

StatusQuo(c)
prefix of a location code

Bases on a relevant point called m0 or r0, the urban pole.

Example :

m12
basic horizon hour

This is the direction from urban pole to north. m3 will be to east, m6 to south etc.

This method divides the city like a cake into 12 sectors.

number after the " : "
horizon minutes

distance to the horizon hour,

in steps of 100 meters.

r...
radius

This is the distance to the pole, in steps of 100m.

The small red circles show "CityName r100" = 10km radius.

The big circle shows radius 100km around Cairo

For more datails, see:

Urban systems:

Cairo Alexandria Rosette Port Said
Suez Al Mansura Luxor Daniette
Tanta Abu Simbel Assuan Qina
Siwa Oasis Kharga Abu Minqar Ismailia
Assiut Mut Hurghada Al Fayyun
Al-Minya      

 

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The division of the horizon into 12 directions can also be used indoor or global

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