To search for a place on Google Maps, enter the latitude and longitude GPS coordinates. You can also find the coordinates of the places you previously found.
Besides longitude and latitude, you can use Plus Codes to share a place.
Enter coordinates to find a place in Google Maps
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Maps app
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- In the search box, enter your coordinates.
Example formats that work:- Decimal degrees (DD): 41.40338, 2.17403
- Degrees, minutes, and seconds (DMS): 41°24'12.2"N 2°10'26.5"E
- Degrees and decimal minutes (DMM): 41 24.2028, 2 10.4418
Get the coordinates of a place in Google Maps
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Maps app
- To drop a red pin, touch and hold an area of the map that isn’t labeled.
- In the placesheet, you can find the coordinates.
Format your coordinates in Google Maps
Format your coordinates so they work in Google Maps:
- Use decimal degrees in the following format:
- Correct: 41.40338, 2.17403
- Incorrect: 41,40338, 2,17403
- Enter the latitude coordinate first before the longitude coordinate.
- Check that the first number in your latitude coordinate is between -90 and 90.
- Check that the first number in your longitude coordinate is between -180 and 180.