I need to know what are the GPS coordinates of a given location, found (and pinned) in Apple Maps. I need these data in order to insert them in an external device (Garmin GPS Automotive).
Thank you in advance.
iMac (27-inch Mid 2010), OS X Mavericks (10.9)
Easy Method works in Maps and Mavericks.
1 Drop Pin
2 Share to Messages
3 Ctrl click on the word 'Map' in messages.app and then select 'Open'.
The co-ordinates will now appear in the search field of Apple Maps.
The following is for use with Apple Maps on iOS.
...also, keep in mind there are websites dedicated to finding longitude and latitude..and making them available for copy and paste. Just Google "Get longitude latitude." These sites are for mapping enthusiasts (geeks), which I don't believe Apple is trying to appease or compete with.
Thanks for that tip. I was wondering about this too. I've been using the excellent shareware app eMaps since it was quick and was easy to copy coordinates out from any dropped pin. I just learned today why my eMaps had stopped working this past week. According to the developer, "Google has turned down Maps API services used by eMaps to display contents." :-(
I had expected that the Mavericks Maps app would at least do this and was suprised when it couldn't. It's of little use to me without it. Léonie's clever workaround is far too complicated to do many times a day.
I'd given up on Google Earth which is slow and buggy when all I want to do is quickly launch a map to find a coordinate (and then I had to copy the latitude and longitude separately). Léonie's control-click "What is here?" in maps.google.com looks like that best way for now. Thanks for that.
Before returning to Google, I'm sending a feature request to Apple.
Good idea. Unfortunately Apple do not have a good record when it comes to Maps. They have confessed that themselves. I followed the Apple maps and am currently somewhere between Dubai and Atlantis. I was only going to the newsagency down the road. 😝
Cheers
Pete
léonie wrote:
I was only going to the newsagency down the road. 😝
Have you been hijacked?
I don't think so. I was just following the map. Still don't know how I found that road across the Ocean! 🙂
Pete
This (from Leonie) doesn't work at all for Mavericks - sharing a dropped pin to an email (outlook) doesn't work at all but just generates an email that says "map .". Adding the dropped pin to contacts no longer provides a URL containing coordinates, and even asking for directions to a pin merely drops another pin on a (sort of) nearby location at the nearest street address. What exactly is the point of this application?
Was Wi-Fi turned on or off? Apple Maps accuracy depends on your access to points it uses to triangulate (cell towers & Wi-Fi signals from nearby routers). The more urban the area the greater accuracy, the more rural the area, the more your milage will vary.
Yes, this may be a basic task, but let's not lose our perspective here... exporting GPS coordinates is not a common basic task the most users need or will ever do. I am a big fan of GPS, as exuser of a Garmin GPS device and GPS software on laptop as a traveling salesmen back in the mid 90's. But I have found that I don't even use GPS coordinates that much anymore. Apple is about simplyfing the most common used tasks. If I was Apple, this would be FAR down my on my customer service task list...as I am sure the request for it are.
The navigation apps for the iPhone support GPS coordinates but I don't think the OS X Maps app does this.
Yes, I knew about Google Maps way; I just tought about using a single application for maps and driving directions, and if I could get my GPS data from Apple Maps too.
Thank you!
I was only going to the newsagency down the road. 😝
Have you been hijacked?
Second that! Will send feedback. Can't believe they left that out.
Disco Bob,
That worked great on the MacBook, but is there a similar way to do this on an iPhone or iPad? I wasn't able to use your instructions to obtain GPS coordinates for these devices.
Thanks!
Not as far as I know, this seems to be an OS X method only.
How can I get the GPS coordinates of a given location?
