Google Maps: Find Latitude and Longitude Coordinates

Google Maps probably provides the best information when it comes to location services. From traffic to estimated time to reach a location, everything is quite accurate with Google Maps. It is a useful tool if you want information about the location of a place that you have previously never been too. One of the features of the Google Maps service is providing longitude and longitude coordinate information about a location.

No matter which location on Earth you want the coordinates for, Google Map can provide it. What makes Google Maps better than everyone else is the fact that it can be used with any device. You can either use the Google Maps App on your iPhone, iPad, or Android or use the website on a PC. In this guide, we will show you how you can pull out coordinate information about a place using either the App or the website.

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How to use Google Maps to find the co-ordinates?

As mentioned above, there are two ways to use the services of Google Maps for finding out the longitude and latitude information about a place via the website or the application. We will take a look at both of them here.

Using the website:

This method works on any browser. All you need to do is visit the home site for Google Maps by clicking here. At the top, you will see a search bar. Enter the location that you want to find here. If you are looking for an unnamed location then search for a place nearby and then zoom in to the unnamed location whose coordinates you are looking for. Once you have the required location on your screen, right-click on the exact location and choose the “What’s here?” option.

This will bring up a small location box below where you will see a series of numbers under the name of the selected location. These are the longitude and latitude coordinates of your desired location.