Google Maps: Get coordinates - how it works

Inputting coordinates into Google Maps needs no further explanation. But what about the reverse case? Our guide shows how you can find out the coordinates of a location in Google Maps.

A few simple steps: you can find out coordinates in Google Maps quite easily.

A location can be clearly identified via coordinates. With Google Maps, this is possible without much effort.

Google Maps: How to determine the coordinates

Proceed as follows:

1. Call the desired location in Maps, for example, by entering an address.
2. Click with the right mouse button on the place.
3. In the context menu that opens, you see at the top now the specification of the coordinates.

You can optionally click "What is here?". Thereupon appears below namely a mini-window with more details about the address, including the coordinates. By clicking, you can enter them into the search box of Maps and thus copy them quite easily.