On Site Using a Mobile Device
If you have adequate reception at your site, you can use your phone to determine your latitude and longitude.
- iPhone: Use your iPhone’s built-in GPS device
- Android: Open Google Maps; it will zoom to your approximate location. Press and hold on the screen to drop a pin marker. Click on the dropped pin; latitude and longitude will be displayed below the map. If you don’t have Google Maps, you can install a free GPS app before heading to your site.
Off-Site Using a Computer
If you don’t have adequate cellular reception at your site to use the methods above, you can determine your site’s latitude and longitude when you get back to your computer.
Via Monitor My Watershed
If you are sharing your data on the Monitor My Watershed data portal, during the site registration process you can zoom in on the map, click to place a pin at your deployment location, and the lat/long will be auto-generated. See step-by-step instructions on WikiWatershed.org.
Via Google Maps
If you are not sharing your data on Monitor My Watershed (please do!), you can use Google Maps to determine your site’s latitude and longitude. Go to maps.google.com and follow the instructions in this video.
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Selected Location
Latitude: 45
Longitude: -90
Map Coordinates
Latitude: 45° 0' 0"
Longitude: -90° 0' 0"
Latitude: N 45° 0'
Longitude: W 90° 0'
Latitude: 45°
Longitude: -90°
Cursor Coordinates
Latitude: cursor off map
Longitude:
Latitude:
Longitude:
Latitude:
Longitude:
Map Parameters
zoom:
map type:
overlays:
Dims:
Instructions
Find Latitude and Longitude
Address field - enter an address, city, state, place name, postal code or any other name for a location into this field, select "North America" or "Europe" from the region menu, and then click the find button to retrieve its latitude-longitude coordinate pair. Your result will be displayed in the box either under or to the right of the find button (depending on the width of the device you're viewing this on).
Latitude and Longitude fields - enter the latitude and longitude of the place you're trying to locate then click the find button. Again, your result will be displayed in the box either under or to the right of the find button.
Click the
button to show your location on the map.
Load Location
To find the latitude and longitude of a location enter its human readable form (i.e. an address, placename or postal/zip code, etc.) into the LOC field and then click the load button
(the return key will also submit). The latitude, longitude and address of the location will be displayed in the "Selected Location" box, if the attempt was successful.
The
and
buttons are only available when the input fields have content.
To find an address from a latitude and longitude coordinate pair enter the coordinates into their corresponding fields (LAT for latitude and LNG for longitude). The coordinates fields accept degrees decimal, degrees minutes decimal or degrees minutes and seconds decimal. Click
or type return/enter to submit. Again, results will display in the "Selected Location" box.
Click the clear button,
, to clear the input fields.
Selected Location
Map Coordinates
Displays the latitude and longitude coordinates in degrees, minutes, seconds decimal, degrees minutes decimal and degrees decimal of the currently selected map location.
Cursor Coordinates
Displays the latitude and longitude in degrees, minutes, seconds decimal, degrees minutes decimal and degrees decimal of the current mouse location. While dragging the map it displays the Map Center's coordinates. (See convert GPS coordinates to convert latitude-longitude coordinate pairs.)
Map Parameters
This controls current parameters of the map via menu selection.
Map type selects the base layer of the map and thus controls the map's general appearance.
The overlays menu is a multi-select. Select the checkbox(es) of the layer(s) you wish to overlay base layer. Use each overlay's slider to control its transparency/opacity.
The zoom menu controls the map's zoom level (you can also use the +/- map control). Its range is affected by layer selections.
Map Height Click and drag the small, gray grab handle at the bottom of the map to adjust its height. Resize the window width to increase or decrease the map's width.
Reset the map to its default values and size by clicking the
reset map button.
Clicking the
button will load your location into the map.