Find GPS Co-ordinates Using Bing Maps
These instructions explain how to find GPS Co-ordinates using Bing Maps.
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Click here to go to Bing Maps
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Locate the place for which you want to find GPS co-ordinates; dive center or dive site
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Click your right mouse button on the location and select Add a pushpin
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Click Save on the Edit pushpin properties dialog box. The pushpin is added to your Unsaved places list.
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In the My places editor, select Actions, Send, Email
The resulting e-mail contains a link; the two numbers after cp= in the link are your latitude and longitude co-ordinates, e.g. http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=51.382433095337795~-0.855002&lvl=16&dir=0&sty=r&sp=Point.sjxc3vgxvw58_Untitled%20item - 51.382656 is the latitude and -0.855002 is the longitude.
Find GPS Co-ordinates Using Google Maps
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Click here to go to Google Maps
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Locate the place for which you want to find GPS co-ordinates; dive center or dive site
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Right-click the specific location and choose Center map here
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Click the Link icon found in the top right hand corner
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Copy the link shown in the Paste link in email or IM box
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Paste this in to a text editor such as Microsoft Notepad.
The two decimal numbers after ll= in the link are the latitude and longitude co-ordinates of location, e.g. http://maps.google.com/?ll=51.382656,-0.855002&spn=0.023142,0.065875&t=h&z=15 - 51.382656 is the latitude and -0.855002 is the longitude.