How to simply know the latitude and longitude with Google Maps

Hello. I am BlindAlley 어쩔수.

Occasionally, there are cases that we need to know the latitude and longitude. For example, I had to know them for my programming codes.

1. Of course, first you need to go to Google Maps.

This is the link of Google Map: https://www.google.com/maps

2. Search the place of which you need the latitude and longitude.

I will search 'Wembley Stadium' in England to show an example.

3. There are two ways to find out the latitude and longitude.

The first way is to look at the top of the screen; URL. They are written in URL.

The second way is to right click the spot you want.

As you can see from the screenshot above, you can see the coordinates both in the URL section and the box which is popped by a right click.

TMI

Latitude is a point in horizontal line parallel to the equator and Longitude is a point in vertical line perpendicular to lines parallel to the equator.

Latitude is 0 degree at the equator and Longitude is 0 degree at the Greenwich meridian.

I hope this article was useful for you and feel free to share the reason you needed to know latitude and longitude. I never needed to know them before web programming.

Have a nice day!