It supports Decimal Degrees (DD), Degrees Minutes Seconds (DMS), and Degrees Decimal Minutes (DDM).
DD expresses coordinates as a single decimal number (e.g. 40.7128). DMS breaks it into degrees, minutes, and seconds (e.g. 40° 42 minutes 46 seconds N).
Yes. Google Maps accepts both DD and DMS formats. Paste the coordinates directly into the search bar.
Consumer GPS devices are accurate to about 3-5 metres. Professional GPS with WAAS/EGNOS correction can achieve sub-metre accuracy.
Latitude measures north-south position (0° at the equator, ±90° at the poles). Longitude measures east-west position (0° at the Prime Meridian, ±180°).
Yes. Paste coordinates directly into the Google Maps search bar in either DD or DMS format and it will show the location.
The Prime Meridian is the line of 0° longitude that passes through Greenwich, London. It divides the Earth into Eastern and Western hemispheres.