[PLUG-TALK] getting Lat/Lon from Google Maps

[Keith Lofstrom]

I wanted a quick way to find the latitude and longitude from 
Google Maps.  Nothing on the page or their website.  However, 
I found this quick bit of Java, that you can put into the
location field of a bookmark:

javascript:void(prompt('',gApplication.getMap().getCenter()));

When you click the bookmark, it pops up a dialog box with the latitude
and longitude (to 14 decimal places, or +/- 0.5 nanometers, or about
3 atomic spacings --- sheesh! ).

see:

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2403/google_maps_get_latitude_longitude_values

with more directions for making a bookmark at:

http://lifehacker.com/software/google-maps/how-to-find-latitude-and-longitude-267361.php

Keith




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