How do i find the coordinates of my house

It may have been a while since your last geography class, but latitude, longitude, and the Global Positioning System (GPS) likely play a vital role in your daily life — especially if you are an avid Google Maps user. 

Getting the GPS coordinates for a specific location using Google Maps is easy, and can be helpful if you are looking for a very specific place, like a precise location in a park where your friends are, or a house in the mountains on a large piece of property. 

Here's how to find coordinates on Google Maps and copy them so you can share your exact location on your phone or computer. 

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How to find coordinates on Google Maps on the mobile app

1. Open the Google Maps app on your iPhone or Android phone. 

2. Enter the location, or select and hold to drop a pin on the map of the location you want the coordinates for. 

3. Scroll down to find the coordinates. 

What if the location you are trying to get coordinates for doesn’t have an address that shows up in Google Maps? That’s not a problem either. In that case, you can just right-click anywhere on the screen and choose What’s here?

This will bring up a small box that it located directly below the search box. At the bottom of that box, you will see the decimal coordinates listed.

Bing Maps

I also mention Bing Maps because they do show the coordinates front and center, which is nice. Just search for any location and you’ll see the coordinates displayed on the left hand side.

For a location without an address, you can simply right-click anywhere on the map and it displays the coordinates automatically. So Bing is definitely easier to use when looking for GPS coordinates.

iPhone Coordinates

If you’re looking for a quick way to give someone the current coordinates of your iPhone, you can do it very easily using the Compass app. However, before you just open the Compass app on your phone, you first need to change some location settings. To do this, tap on Settings and then tap Privacy.

Now tap on Location Services at the very top.

Scroll down until you see Compass and tap on it. If you see it already says While Using on the right side, then you’re already good to go.

If not, tap on it and choose While Using the App.

Now go ahead and open the Compass app and you will see your current location and the current GPS coordinates at the bottom of the screen.

Android Coordinates

Unfortunately, Android does not have an official built-in way to get GPS coordinates from Google Maps. I have no idea why this option is not included, but it isn’t. However, there is a little trick that you can perform in order to get the coordinates, which requires a couple of extra steps.

First, open Google Maps on your Android device and search for the location you are interested in. Once you have found the location, make sure you zoom in as far in as possible.

Now press and hold anywhere on the screen and Google Maps will drop a pin onto that location. An info or detail card will appear at the bottom and you can swipe up on this card. You should see a Share option on the info card, but if you don’t, you might have to tap the three dots in the top right corner. This will bring up a menu that has a Share option. This sharing method differs depending on your version of Android and Google Maps, but it should be pretty easy to find.

Choose any service or app to share, it doesn’t really matter which one. The point is Google Maps will generate a link and all you need to do is copy that link and paste it into Chrome.

When the map loads, it will automatically show you the coordinates in the search box and in the info card at the bottom. The link will look something like this:

http://goo.gl/maps/xPu9k

Note that you can also perform this exact same operation in Google Maps on iOS too. It’s kind of a long-winded way of getting the coordinates, but at least you don’t have to install any additional apps.

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