In Google Maps, how do I find out the latitude and longitude of a point?

Question

I am interested in finding the latitude and longitude of a point on a map. How do I do so in Google Maps?

Answer 1

In Google Maps Labs are two features which can do that.

LatLng Tooltip

Displays a tooltip next to the mouse cursor showing the latlng directly underneath it.

LatLng Marker

Adds an option to the context menu that lets you drop a mini marker showing the latlng of the position that the cursor was pointing at when the context menu was evoked

Answer 2

If you right click on the map and select 'What's Here?' from the context menu, a marker will appear and the coordinates will be placed in the search box at the top of the page.

Answer 3

You can also just click the "Link" button on the upper right hand corner above the map. This will generate a link that will contain the latitude and longitude of the center of the map as a query string parameter call "ll".

Answer 4

There's a maplet extension you can add your "my maps" called "GPS Location" If you add that to your map and then click on a point. It will add a pin with the GPS info on it