Reverse geocoding: coordinates to address
Paste a latitude and longitude, or tap the globe, to find the nearest address, city and country.
How reverse geocoding works
A reverse geocoder keeps a spatial index of every mapped feature: buildings with house numbers, streets, towns and administrative boundaries. For your point it looks for the closest feature at the requested level of detail, then walks up the boundaries it falls inside (suburb, city, county, state, country) to build the full address. That is why a point in a field can come back as just a road and a village: there is no closer addressed building.
Addresses are approximate by nature. A point in the middle of a large building or park may be matched to a different entrance or street than the one you expect.
Going the other way? The coordinates finder turns an address into latitude and longitude.
Frequently asked questions
What is reverse geocoding?
Turning a latitude/longitude pair into a human-readable address or place name. Forward geocoding does the opposite: address to coordinates.
Where does the address come from?
From OpenStreetMap’s Nominatim service, which searches the nearest mapped building, street or area to your point. Coverage is excellent in cities and patchier in remote areas, where you may get only a road, village or region.
What coordinate formats can I paste?
Decimal degrees (40.6892, -74.0445), degrees-minutes-seconds (40°41′21″N 74°2′40″W) and degrees with decimal minutes (40 41.35N, 74 2.67W). Latitude first.
Can I reverse geocode many points at once?
Yes, paste one coordinate pair per line in the batch geocoding tool. It detects coordinates and returns addresses.