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Natural orientation in Toronto, according to the Munich Orientation Convention.

During the 9/11 catastrophe, additional panic arised because the helpers didn't know which of the towers would be the tower 1 or 2. Unbelievable but true, all twin towers worldwide have the same addressing. For some thousand years, the signage means in general stayed almost the same, at the other side, for more than 100 years soldiers, boy scouts, pilots, blind people etc. divide the horizon in 12 directions for orientation purposes.

Toronto 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 all orientation means worldwide: 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 colours	- without compass	- without navigation devices

Targets, crossings, squares, stations, bus stops, bridges etc. have logical addresses like

Dundas subway station StatusQuo© Toronto m12:5 r16

which are easy to understand if you associate the city with a clock according to following convention:

The CN tower is defined as the

centrum m0

Around this pole, the horizon is divided in 12 directions

m1 to m12

These m-directions are also called horizon hours and m12 points to north.

Horizon hours are divided in horizon minutes, not as angles but as DISTANCES to the horizon hour, in steps of 1 "block of houses", approx. 100 m or yd.

Example: m2:5

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

This is the code for an imaginary line which is parallel to the m2 line in a distance of 5 "blocks". The convention for the minutes is simple:

THE GREATER, THE LATER

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

crossing StatusQuo© Toronto m1:6 r20

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 easily understandable p o s i t i o n codes.

( for advanced users: the minutes will never exceed half the radius !! )

Natural Cartography©:

a map with such a polar grid has innovative characteristics, see www.volksnav.com/map .

Orientators©, the signage of the future

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

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:

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 CN tower is on the left hand side.

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 :

physical

mental

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?

r-comparison

Ask yourself:

must I move inwards or outwards?

( in other words: is the target radius greater or smaller than the actual one?)

m-comparison

Ask yourself:

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

( in other words: is the target m later or earlier than the actual one?)

Let's see an example shown on picture:

If your target is: m12:5 r16

and you've lost orientation at crossing m1:6 r20,

so you must move

- inwards ( r16 is less than actual r20 )

and

- to "earlier" (counterclockwise) ( m12 is "earlier" than m1 )

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 most seeking times.

Vision:

Indoor signage: the same methode can also be used indoors, e. g. www.volksnav.com/deutschesmuseum www.volksnav.com/AirportMUC

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

Just comparing this code for example with

it is possible to evaluate that

- the position of Fort Niagra is "earlier" and farther to Munich than Toronto, more exactly:

:285 - :235 = 50 km earlier

radius6635 - r6625 = 10 km farther

- the distance between both locations, the hipotenuse, is between 50 and 50+10 km

- for advanced readers: acc. to www.quovides.com, the direction Fort Niagra to Toronto (inwards, to later) is QuoVides® 11..

The view direction of the Statue of Liberty is QuoVides® 8 !!

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