Munich Orientation Convention in Canberra

Canberra has the option to be world's first city that has realized an international orientation standard, an idea from a Munichian inventor to simplify and harmonize worldwide all orientation means: signage, cartography, navigation devices and verbal expressions. 

Within this city, it is (will be) possible to find any target with easy brain work, that means 

- without maps, - without names,
- without illogical numbers  - without arrows
- without floor marks  - without square grids 
- without colors - without compass or other navigation devices

Buildings, crossings, stop points, bridges etc. have logical addresses like

 
              German embassy   StatusQuo© CNBR m9 r11

             international airport                                m3 r62

              City Hill                                               m12:5 r26

             ACT Planning and Land Authority           m12:8 r63

            Canberra Hospital                                  m6:20 r47

  which are easy to understand if you associate the city with a clock as follows:

Around a pole called m0, 

the horizon is divided in 12 "horizon hours"  

     m1  to  m12

whereas m12 points to north.

Horizon hours are divided in horizon minutes. These are not angles but DISTANCES to the horizon hour, in steps of approx one "block of houses" 100 yards or 100 meters. 

    Example:     m3:5  

( read   "emm three point five"   or   "emm three five" ). 

This is a line situated in a distance of 5 blocks from the horizon hour m3, which points to sunrise. 

The convention for horizon minutes is very easy:

         the greater, the later.

Considering the distance to m0 as r = radius also in steps of blocks of houses, logical position codes for targets, buildings, crossings etc. come into existence, e. g. as shown on the picture: 

                          bridge StatusQuo© CNBR m2:1 r13

In simple words:

"r" is a numbering starting FROM m0, 

"m" is a north-direction-based numbering AROUND m0  

and this simple methode covers a gigantic market gap: 

      l o g i c a l   and easy understandable  p o s i t i o n   codes.

 

Natural Cartography©: a map with such a polar grid has innovative characteritics, see www.volksnav.com/map. For example, the airport is outside of the map, but with the help of the position code m3 r62 it is possible to imagine where it is !  

 

Signage:

StatusQuo© addresses will be integrated within the existing signage, see www.volksnav.com/lollipop, or be indicated on so-called Orientators©, the signage of the future: 

Vertical Pointing©: additional to the position information, a round symbol called center or pole pointer will be placed on their periphery to allow to detect the direction m0  according to the following conventions: 

if the pointer is placed on top m0 will be in front of you
  on bottom   behind
  right hand   right hand

etc. Acc. to the same convention, a square symbol points to north = m12. 

The picture reveils: m12 is behind, the pole is right hand  

            Orientator©

Navigation / VolksNav©:

The local navigation with the help of such codes is called VolksNav©. As proceeded today with house numbers, VolksNav© is nothing else than the major/minor comparison between "r" and "m" values: 

Simply proceed according to 1 -2 -3 : 

1 - 

Positioning

 

  

Turn your body until m0 will be BEHIND. In this position, 

ahead will be outwards
right hand " to later (clockwise)
left hand " to earlier

etc. 

Beginners have to turn physically, after some exercises anyone will be able to do this by his imagination power. In case you look at above shown Orientator©, you'd have to turn to left, correct? 
2 - 

r-comparison

 

Ask yourself:         

must I move inwards or outwards? 

 ( = is the target radius greater or smaller than the actual one?)
3 - 

m-comparison

 

Ask yourself:      

must I move to “later” (clockwise) or to earlier?  

( = is the target m later or earlier than the actual one?)

 

Let's see an example: 

Let's suppose, your target is:       City Hill   m12:5 r26      

If you've lost orientation on named bridge     m2:1 r13, 

so you must go

- outwards (radius r13 is less than r26 )

and

- to "earlier" (counterclockwise)   ( m12 is "earlier"  than the actual m2 )

This may seem to be unfamiliar, but the orientation based on cardinal points is used for some thousand years and imaginary clocks are used by soldiers, boy scouts, pilots, blind people etc. for more than 100 years. On a real situation, VolksNav© can be learned within few minutes, that means, faster than the most seeking times. 

 

Vision:

Mobile applications: Very soon also navigation devices and mobile phones will indicate such logical position codes and cardinal points, see www.volksnav.com/mobile 

You're invited to test the program for pocketPC/smartphone with/without GPS by means of a download from www.volksnav.com

 

Indoor signage    the same addressing methode can be used indoor, see www.volksnav.com/DeutschesMuseum     www.volksnav.com/AirportMUC

 

Natural World Co-ordinates: the same addressing methode will soon also be used within the whole globe, see  www.watchrose.com. Acc. to this, the international City Code of Canberra is 

            WatchRose© m2:14 40  r162 70   

What is this good for? Just comparing the codes for example of Canberra and  

         Queanbeyan WatchRose© m2:14 35   r162 80  

it is possible to evaluate that 

- the position of  Queanbeyan   is "earlier"  and farther  to Munich than Canberra, more exactly

        :1440 - :1435 = 5 km "earlier"

         r16280 - r16270 = 10 km farther

- the distance between both locations, the hipotenuse, will be between 10 and 10+5 km.

- for advanced users: the direction Canberra/Queanbeyan (to earlier, to outside) is QuoVides® 4, see www.quovides.com