Munich Orientation Convention

 

  Passau 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 Passau, 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

Places, crossings, bus stops, bridges etc. have logical addresses like

 
                      bridge Prinzregent Luitpold, StatusQuo© PAS m9:2 r4 

                  Marienbrücke PAS m8:2 r9

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

Around the 3-rivers confluence, the  

     centrum m0, 

the horizon is divided in 12 "horizon hours"  

     m1  to  m12

whereas m12 points to north.

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

    Example:     m9:1  

( read   "emm nine  point one"   or   "emm nine one" ). 

The convention is: 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: 

      crossing StatusQuo© PAS m8:3 r7

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  

 

 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 pointer will be placed on their periphery to allow to detect the direction m0  according to the following conventions: 

              Orientator©

 
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 above reveils: m12 is behind, the confluence m0  is right hand. 

       (: you can also read Vertical Pointing© using the F-clock, see below )

 

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 later

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: 

If your target is:       bridge   StatusQuo© PAS m9:2 r4  

and you've lost orientation on named crossing     m8:3 r7, 

so you must go

- inwards ( r4 is less than r7 )

and

- to "later" (clockwise)   ( m9 is "later"  than m8 )

 

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. 

For advancers: the minutes will never exceed half the radius (!!) and the middle of the sector is always r/4.

 

Vision:

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

           WatchRose© m2:25 r150  

Just comparing this code for example with 

       Vilshofen WatchRose© m2:10 r130  

it is possible to evaluate that 

- the position of Vilshofen is "earlier" and closer to Munich than Passau , more exactly

    :25 - :10 = 15 km earlier

    r150 - r130 = 20 km closer

- the distance between both cities, the hipotenuse, is about 25 km. 

In case of doubt, consult the map:

  

 

 

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

 

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*)  F clock  /  Quantification of directions: 

you can also read Vertical Pointing© using the F-clock as follows: 

 f12      =         in ( f ) ront of you      =       upper place on Orientator©

 f6        =         behind                     =        bottom place 

 etc. In other words: the f-places are at the same time f-directions starting from your body. 

The interpretation of the same example is:

m12 = f6 (behind)                   m0 = f4