VolksNav in Mashhad
Click or doubleClick a point on map to know the urban location code of that point
Location codes like Railway station MHD m12:6 r18 consist of "hours", "minutes" and radius according to the following Convention:
| StatusQuo MHD | prefix of a position code in Mashhad | The urban pole is the Emam Reza Holy Shrine |
| m12 | basic horizon hour | from urban pole to north, m3 to east etc. |
| number after the " : " | horizon minutes | distance to the horizon hour, in steps of 100 meters The blue lines on grid show :50 minutes |
| r... | radius |
distance to the urban pole, in steps of 100m. The red circle shows r100 = 10km. |
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Line m9/m5 or m5/m9
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Line m2/m9 or m9/m2
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Such codes are IMAGINABLE !!
Compare for example only the radius of the line m9/m5:
| hour | Minutes | radius | |
| Vakil Abad | m9 | :64 | r168 |
| Kuhestan Park | m9 | :62 | 158 |
| Int. Exposition | m9 | :58 | r148 |
| Iqbal lahori | m9 | :54 | r137 |
| Sayyad-e-shirazi | m9 | :50 | r127 |
| Sadaf | m9 | :47 | r120 |
| Haft-e-Tir | m9 | :45 | r112 |
| Danesh Amuz | m9 | :42 | r105 |
| -----------------------------standard urban circle | r100 | ||
| Seyed Razi |
m9 | :38 | r96 |
| Kowsar | m9 | :36 | r88 |
| Park-e-Mellat | m9 | :32 | r80 |
| Azadi | m9 | :27 | r70 |
| Khayyam | m9 | :21 | r60 |
| Palestine | m9 | :13 | r49 |
| Taleghani | m9 | :10 | r40 |
| Ghaem | m9 | :6 | r34 |
| Shariati | m9 | :3 | r27 |
| Imam Khomeini | m8 | :3 | r20 |
| Basij | m7 | :1 | r20 |
| Hefdah-e-Shahrivar |
m6 | :6 | r24 |
| Parvin-e-Etessami | m6 | :2 | r28 |
| Ghadir | m5 | :15 | r35 |
| Bustan-e Reyhaneh |
m5 | :20 | r50 |
| Hasheminejad Airport |
m5 | :15 | r70 |
The division of the horizon into 12 directions can also be used global or indoor.
This map converts lat/lon to StatusQuo(c) on a simplified mode, tolerable for radius < 10 km. For a professional conversion, see VolksNav.com/mapplet
