CoordKit

Latitude and longitude finder

Find the GPS coordinates of any address, city or your current position, or click the map. Every common format, ready to copy.

Position fix

48.8584°, 2.2945° · Europe/Paris

Latitude
48.858370°
Longitude
2.294480°

Eiffel Tower · Paris, France · Northern and Eastern Hemispheres

Decimal degrees48.858370, 2.294480
Degrees, minutes, seconds48° 51′ 30.1″ N, 2° 17′ 40.1″ E
Degrees, decimal minutes48° 51.502′ N, 2° 17.669′ E
UTM (WGS-84)31U 448251 E 5411952 N
MGRS31UDQ4825011951
Google Maps linkhttps://www.google.com/maps?q=48.858370,2.294480

Click or tap the map to read the latitude and longitude at that exact spot.

Latitude and longitude explained

Latitude measures how far north or south of the equator a point is, from 0° at the equator to 90° at the poles. Longitude measures how far east or west of the prime meridian at Greenwich it is, from 0° to 180°. Together they pin any spot on Earth. Positive latitude is north, negative is south; positive longitude is east, negative is west.

A degree of latitude is always about 111 km. A degree of longitude is 111 km at the equator but shrinks with the cosine of latitude: about 78 km at 45° and zero at the poles, where all meridians meet.

Precision by decimal places

DecimalsExamplePrecision at the equatorGood for
248.86≈ 1.1 kmA town or district
348.858≈ 110 mA neighbourhood block
448.8584≈ 11 mA building
548.85837≈ 1.1 mA doorway
648.858370≈ 11 cmSurveying

Need to convert a coordinate you already have? Use the coordinate converter. Have a whole list of addresses? Try batch geocoding. Want the street address for a coordinate? Use reverse geocoding.

Frequently asked questions

How do I find the latitude and longitude of a place?

Type a city or full street address into the box, or press the target button to use your device’s location. Addresses are looked up on OpenStreetMap; cities come from a built-in list, so they appear instantly.

How do I get the GPS coordinates of my current location?

Press the target button. Your browser will ask permission and then report your position from GPS, Wi-Fi or mobile networks. The reported accuracy is shown under the box. Your position is not sent to CoordKit; it stays in your browser.

Which comes first, latitude or longitude?

Latitude (north–south) comes first, then longitude (east–west): 48.8584, 2.2945 is the Eiffel Tower. Some formats such as GeoJSON reverse the order, so check before pasting.

How many decimal places do I need?

Four decimals is about 11 m, five is about 1.1 m and six is about 11 cm at the equator. Five is plenty for finding a building; consumer GPS is rarely better than 3–5 m.

Can I click on the map to get coordinates?

Yes. Zoom the street map to the exact spot (down to individual buildings) and click or tap it; the latitude and longitude appear instantly in every format, ready to copy.

How do I find coordinates on Google Maps?

On a computer, right-click the place and the latitude and longitude appear at the top of the menu; click them to copy. On a phone, touch and hold to drop a pin and the coordinates show in the search box. You can paste them straight into CoordKit to convert them to DMS, UTM or MGRS.

How do I enter coordinates in Google Maps?

Type them into the search box as decimal degrees with latitude first, for example 48.85837, 2.29448, or in DMS such as 48°51′30.1″N 2°17′40.1″E. Use the copy buttons above to get either format.

Can I find the address from latitude and longitude?

Yes, that is reverse geocoding. Paste the coordinates into the reverse geocoding tool or click the map there to get the nearest street address.

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