Q: How to find the latitude and longitude coordinates of a place when you either have the street address or the zip code or just the name of a city.
Following are steps involved:
1. Open the Google Maps website and enter the address details in the search box.
2. Zoom In the Google Maps as much as possible until you locate the place for which you need the latitude and longitude.
3. Right click that exact location on Google Maps and select “Center Map Here”
4. Click the “Link to this Page” hyperlink on Google Maps website and copy paste the URL into notepad - look for the value of ll parameter in the URL - they are the latitude and longitude coordinates of your home.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=san+francisco&ll=17.421306,78.457553
Copy paste that value in the Google Maps Search box again to confirm the location on Google Maps.
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Reader Comments
3 years back when I was using the Prophet Vedic Astrology Software, it asked me to enter Latitude Longitude of my Home.
That time I faced a difficulty to find the Latitude Longitude of my Home.
It took three years of time to solve the problem. :-)))
Thanks for letting me this through your post.
Dutt
Written by Dutt on 10.31.07
Hi Amit, here’s a bookmarklet I made a few months ago that eases the process quite a bit: link
Written by Paul R. Pival on 11.02.07
is there a way to find the X and Y co-ords from a lat/long and zoom?
Written by chris on 11.08.07
is there a site you can access and use the longtitude and latitude(I already have these)to pinpoint a street/house etc
Written by ross on 11.25.07
Google Map API key was registered for a different web site
message on the screen
Plus Browser not compatable with Google maps/
How do i rectify.
Written by James Wilson on 10.16.08
Can’t find the “Link to this page” at the Google Map website, or anywhere else, for that matter. There must be a non jumping-through hoops way.
Written by Mike powers on 11.12.08
What is earths surface area enclosed by 1 degree latitude and 1 degree longitude?
Written by Ajal on 11.26.08