How do I find my GPS coordinates?

Click Use my location and allow location access when your browser asks. The tool reads the position from your device and shows the latitude and longitude in three formats. A phone with GPS is usually accurate to a few metres; a laptop on Wi-Fi can be off by much more.

How do I find a location by latitude and longitude?

Enter the latitude and longitude in decimal degrees, for example 51.5007 and -0.1246, and click Show on map. The pin moves to that point and the tool shows the nearest address, in this case Westminster in London.

How do I get the coordinates of an address?

Type the address or place name, for example Eiffel Tower, Paris, and click Look up. The tool geocodes it, marks it on the map and returns its latitude and longitude, ready to copy.

How do I get the coordinates of a point on the map?

Zoom in and click the exact spot. The pin drops there and the coordinates appear in decimal degrees, DMS and DM. Drag the pin to adjust it and the values update.

Which comes first, latitude or longitude?

Latitude comes first, then longitude, for example 48.8584, 2.2945 for the Eiffel Tower. Latitude runs from -90 to 90 and longitude from -180 to 180. A negative latitude is south of the equator and a negative longitude is west of Greenwich.

How do I convert DMS to decimal degrees?

Add the degrees, the minutes divided by 60 and the seconds divided by 3,600, then make the result negative for south or west. For 48°51'30"N that is 48 + 51/60 + 30/3600 = 48.8583. The input fields accept decimal degrees only, and every result is shown in DMS and DM as well.

How accurate are the coordinates?

Results have six decimal places, precise to about 10 centimetres. The real accuracy depends on the source: an address lookup returns the point stored for that address, and Use my location is as accurate as your device position.

Is the coordinates finder free?

Yes. It is free with no signup. Coordinates and addresses are used only to place your point and look up its address, on EU-hosted, GDPR-compliant infrastructure.

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GPS Coordinates Finder: Find a Location by Latitude and Longitude

Get the GPS coordinates of your current location or any address, or type a latitude and longitude to see that spot on the map with its nearest address. Every result comes in decimal degrees, DMS and DM, ready to copy.

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Or click the map, or drag the pin to fine-tune.

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How GPS coordinates pinpoint a place

GPS coordinates are a pair of numbers that fix one point on the Earth's surface. Latitude measures how far north or south of the equator the point lies, from -90 to 90. Longitude measures how far east or west of the Greenwich meridian it lies, from -180 to 180. Big Ben in London sits at 51.5007, -0.1246 and the Eiffel Tower in Paris at 48.8584, 2.2945. Both use the WGS84 reference system, the same one your phone's GPS reports.

Coordinate formats: DD, DMS and DM

The same point can be written in three ways. Decimal degrees (DD) is what most apps, spreadsheets and APIs expect, for example 48.858400, 2.294500. Degrees, minutes and seconds (DMS) splits each degree into 60 minutes and each minute into 60 seconds: 48°51'30.2"N, 2°17'40.2"E. Degrees and decimal minutes (DM), such as 48°51.504'N, is common on nautical charts and handheld GPS units. The tool shows all three for every point, with six decimal places in DD, which is precise to about 10 centimetres. Latitude always comes first, and negative values mean south or west.

How to find a location by latitude and longitude

Type the latitude into the first field and the longitude into the second, in decimal degrees, then click Show on map. The tool drops a pin on that spot and looks up the nearest address. To go the other way, type an address or place name and click Look up, or click Use my location to read the coordinates from your device. You can also click anywhere on the map, or drag the pin to fine-tune the point. Each format has its own Copy button.

Where exact coordinates help

Share a meeting point that has no street address, such as a trailhead, a field gate or a beach car park. Enter a destination into a GPS device, a boat plotter or a drone flight plan. Fill a latitude and longitude column in a spreadsheet, geotag survey records, or check that a delivery address lands on the right building. If your software stores addresses, store the coordinates next to them, so you can compute distances and place markers without geocoding the same address again.

Common GPS coordinate examples

Reference points you can paste into the tool to test it.

Address	Coordinates (lat, lng)	Degrees, minutes, seconds (DMS)
Eiffel Tower, Paris	48.8584, 2.2945	48°51'30.2"N, 2°17'40.2"E
Statue of Liberty, New York	40.6892, -74.0445	40°41'21.1"N, 74°02'40.2"W
Sydney Opera House	-33.8568, 151.2153	33°51'24.5"S, 151°12'55.1"E
Tokyo Tower	35.6586, 139.7454	35°39'31.0"N, 139°44'43.4"E
Prime Meridian, Greenwich	51.4779, 0.0015	51°28'40.4"N, 0°00'05.4"E
Equator at Prime Meridian	0.0000, 0.0000	0°00'00.0"N, 0°00'00.0"E

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This tool runs on the MapAtlas Geocoding API, the same forward and reverse geocoding endpoints you can call from your own application. EU-hosted, GDPR-compliant, with a generous free tier and predictable pay-as-you-go pricing.

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