CITY ADDRESSING EXAMPLES

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In the official form, the components of a City address are given with prefixes identifying each one. Each prefix is a single symbol rendered to contrast with the address component it identifies. Here the following symbols will be used to illustrate a standard City street address:

L for level

R for ring

D for radial

O for doors outward along radial

T for doors counterclockwise from radial

The address:

L408 R27 D0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0||0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|1| O2

means Level 408, Ring 27, Radial the next one counterclockwise from the northward radial, the second door outward along that radial. The radial usage is the same as the example shown earlier. Here the abbreviated second form of the radial usage would be favored:

L408 R27 D0+ O2

but this is not the final word in regular usage. Quick usage assumes the order of components given, and simply inserts a slash separator between them:

408/27/0+/2

risking misreading when haste happens, but making the writing simpler. Now, locals in the area have other ways of naming this address that are based on everything from landmarks to coordinates based on nearby intersections. The given address above would most likely be given by a dweller in that area (Chunk Zone) as:

A-Meridenn/+/O2

meaning two doors up the radial west of the northward one issuing from Aswal Meridenn.