Get Lat/Long from Google Maps
Great tip from J-School multimedia instructor Jeremy Rue:
“If you ever want to find the longitude and latitude of a location on Google Maps, simply center the map to the location you want to find. You can even search an address and this will work. Then paste in this code into the URL field:
javascript:alert(window.gApplication.getMap().getCenter());
A pop-up box will appear with the longitude and latitude.”
Music: Os Mutantes :: A Minha Menina
Filed under: Geo @ 5:39 pm
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:57 am
Timely! I was literally scratching my head trying to understand how to do this, when I saw this post.
Thanks!
May 2nd, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Sure would be nice if they’d put a button or link in the UI for this. Even tucked away in the Advanced section or something. I can see it being useful for lots of things, especially with GPSs becoming so common.