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Find, understand and reach any place

Search a place, address or landmark to get its exact coordinates, then measure distance, check the local time, look up its postal code and more — all in one fast, private place.

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Searches and your location stay in your browser — we don’t store them.

What is a “place”, exactly?

A place is anywhere you can point to on Earth — a city, a street address, a landmark, a mountain, or a single park bench. Behind every place is a precise pair of numbers: its latitude and longitude. Places turns the names people use into those coordinates (and back again), so you can search “Eiffel Tower” and instantly get 48.858370, 2.294481, an address, a map, the local time and the elevation — without installing anything.

Address vs coordinates — what’s the difference?

An address (“20 W 34th St, New York”) is how people describe a place; coordinates (“40.748440, -73.985664”) are how machines and maps describe the exact same spot. Addresses are easy to read but ambiguous and don’t exist everywhere; coordinates are precise to a few metres and work anywhere on Earth — over oceans, in deserts, on trails. Converting between the two is the heart of what Places does, and it’s why the same point can power a delivery, a meeting pin, or a search.

How to find a place

  1. Search by name or address. Type a landmark, street address, city or country in the box above and press Search.
  2. Read the result. You’ll get the full address, exact latitude and longitude, and a map pin you can copy or open in Google Maps.
  3. Go further. Jump to distance between cities, the local time, a postal code, or the elevation — the place you found flows straight into the next tool.

Frequently asked questions

How do I find the GPS coordinates of a place?

Type the place name or address into the search box at the top of this page and press Search. You’ll get its exact latitude and longitude in decimal degrees and DMS, plus a map. For more detail and other formats, open Find GPS coordinates.

Is Places free?

Yes. Every tool is free, with no account, no sign-up and no rate-limit walls. The site is a set of fast static pages with a small, cached lookup service behind them.

Where does the place data come from?

Place search and addresses come from OpenStreetMap’s Nominatim service; elevation comes from Open-Meteo (SRTM-based digital elevation models); your approximate “near you” location comes from Cloudflare’s edge network. All coordinates use the WGS84 datum.

How accurate are the results?

Coordinates for a searched place are typically accurate to within a few metres of the mapped feature. The “you appear to be near …” line is approximate (city-level) because it’s based on your IP address — use Where am I for precise GPS.

Do you store my searches or location?

No. Searches run against a cached, anonymous lookup service and aren’t tied to you, and any precise location you share stays in your browser. See our privacy policy.