.Munich Orientation Convention    in São Paulo            Portugues       Google mapplet

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

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

      station   S. Bento  StatusQuo© SPO m12 r7 

      MASP                                              m8 r25    

     Pacaembú                                         m9:5 r32

     airport Congonhas                             m6:25 r90 

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

Around the Sé Square, the so-called       centrum m0,  the horizon is divided in 12 directions         m1  to  m12 These 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 approx one "block of houses" or 100 meters.      Example:     m4:5   ( read   "emm four point five"   or   "emm four five" ).  This is the code for an imaginary line which is paralell to the m4 line in a distance of 500 meters. The convention for the minutes is simply:  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© SPO m8:6 r44

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.

Other examples (clockwise):

Natural Cartography©: a map with such a polar grid has innovative characteristics, see www.volksnav.com/map . Also for small location maps, the location grid will be valid on map and on reality, e. g.: 

Example Monta Azul slum:

. 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 or centrador 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 above reveils: m12 is behind, the Sé square 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 : 

Let's see an example: 

If your target is:       Pacaembú  StatusQuo© SPO m9:5 r32  

and you've lost orientation on named crossing     m8:6 r44, 

so you must go

- inwards ( r32 is less than actual  r44 )

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. 

Another example: the small location map shown above prooves that it possible to deduce WITHOUT MAPS that the location of the station 

Granja Julieta m7:24 r117  

is 200m "later" than 

the building with the logical address m7:22 r118.   

Efforts in Brasil, see also www.volksnav.com/brasil    www.volksnav.com/ManausTodayTomorrow

Vision:

Indoor orientation:

The same addressing methode will soon also be used indoor 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 São Paulo is 

                       WatchRose© m7:23 60  r98 45  

Just comparing this code for example with 

 it is possible to evaluate that 

- the position of Santos is "earlier" and farther to Munich than São Paulo, more exactly

    :2360 - :2305 = 55 km earlier

    r9865 - r9845 = 20 km farther

- the distance between both cities, the hipotenuse, is about 65 km. 

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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