Find Longitude and Latitude
Search by UK Postcode or US Zip code
or Place name

Use Search box below map...
 

Display UK Longitude and Latitude coordinates to use when creating your Microsoft or Google Map 'Mashup'.
US Map version here (find Zip Code coordinates)

To find the longitude and latitude of any given place - just click on the map below. The coordinates are displayed below the map.
The map is centred on the UK but the map covers the whole world!
You can either scroll and zoom the map manually or search by postcode (or zip code) and place name using the search box below the map.
 

Enter Postcode or Place name:

The locations/coordinates - longitude and latitude will appear above when you click on the map.
Just zoom and pan the map to your required location and 'click' to display the coordinates.

This map can be used to find the longitude and latitude of any given postcode in the UK.
When searching for Post Codes use the format 'SW1A 1AA' i.e. use a space.
I've used the postcode for Buckingham Palace for this example!

View Map centered on the USA for Zip Code and place name locator.

My Microsoft Map 'Mashup' is centered on the UK. Use the zoom controls and drag the map to your required location - the whole world is covered!

NB. Displaying long/lat coordinates doesn't work when using the Bird's eye view.

After struggling to find the required map coordinates (longitude and latitude) in Degrees, Minutes, Seconds and Decimal Degrees Latitude/Longitude Conversions etc. for use in website Map "Mashups" I created a webpage that worked for me and thought others might also find it useful...
 

This web page now also converts UK postcodes to longitude/latitude.
Just enter the postcode, zoom in as required and click the map to display the coordinates.
USA/Zip Code map

Note for FIREFOX 3 (FF3) users (now fixed!):
For some reason I'm afraid this mapping application works better for visitors using IE7 rather than in Firefox 3.

Displaying longitude and latitude seems to work normally but 'finding' a location or post code doesn't with FF3.

Update Feb 2009:
After receiving some favourable feedback about my long/lat 'search/find' service, I've spent some time troubleshooting the FF issues and rewritten some of the MS VirtualEarth code and it now all seems to work fine with both IE & FF :¬)

"find map coordinates" is the most used search term used to find this map page.
Microsoft Virtual Earth: http://www.microsoft.com/virtualearth/
Virtual Earth Developer Center: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualearth/default.aspx

Google Maps: http://www.google.com/apis/maps/
Putting Google Maps on your own website

USA map The same long/lat finder but with the map centered on the US for Zip Codes and American place names.
 

COMMENTS & FEEDBACK
Always happy to receive Feedback on Maps/Longitude/Latitude or website comments.
Below are some previous comments about my 'longitude/latitude coordinate finder / search tool' web page:

From: Curtis
Message:
This is a really useful facility. I have just used it to work out the coordinates of our house in order to apply to DEFRA for our CPH (County Parish Holding) number.
Thanks very much.

From: SB
Message: (email received regarding a query to the decimal format of the locations longitude and latitude)
Firstly, thank you for an excellent site - it's extremely accurate and easy to use...
It really is an excellent site and a really useful service you provide - so much easier to use than any other site I have found. Thank you, sincerely.
Best wishes.

From: Martin
Message:
The ease in which i could find accurate co-ords
of where i was looking for was admirable.
regards

From: CJ
Message:
I'm afraid that the coordinates being returned are not correct (at least not in all cases), try this for different parts of the world against know Locations and Lat/Long. Both Microsoft and Google use a coordinate system that does not match Lat/Long. Good try though!
Followed a couple of hours later by:
From: CJ
Message:
I've just realised your outputting the coords as decimal degrees and they are correct. Sorry! I'm old fashioned and used to degrees minutes etc.

From: Brien
Message:
This is a great service and I'm glad I was able to point to you in my blog about geotagging Windows Live Photos.
Thank you for creating this and thanks for your feedback on my blog entry.

From: Des
Message:
Thank you for this site. It's actually interesting to see pictures of where I work that are a few years out of date - not a knock, just a gentle hint - as we've lost a lot of facilities and it's nice to see how it used to be. Keep it up, Des.

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