What Is My Latitude and Longitude?
Enter an address or use your current location to find its GPS coordinates.
Understanding Your Latitude and Longitude
Latitude and longitude form a coordinate pair that identifies a point on Earth. Latitude measures how far north or south a location is, while longitude measures how far east or west it is.
How to read coordinates
Coordinates are normally written with latitude first and longitude second. Positive latitude is north of the equator, and negative latitude is south. Positive longitude is east of the prime meridian, and negative longitude is west.
What you can do with them
- Share a precise meeting point or hard-to-describe location.
- Enter a destination into mapping, GPS, and navigation tools.
- Record locations for fieldwork, photography, or outdoor trips.
- Reference a property, landmark, or emergency location.