Find Latitude & Longitude

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Latitude and Longitude figures can be used in various places across your website to pin point an exact location.

These include:

This tech-tip shows how you can find the Latitude, Longitude and a Bearing figure (for the streetview picture on the About/Find Us page), to use in these fields.

This tech-tip shows how you can find the Latitude and Longitude figures, to use on your website.

Use Cases

The following panels show specific tasks. Click on a panel to see the procedures.

Estimate Figures from Post Code

You can get a rough idea of the latitude and longitude of a location from a post code.

You can get a rough idea of the latitude and longitude of a location from a post code.

To do this, follow these steps:

  • Login with a Site Admin username and password
  • Open Admin/Section Details and select a section
  • Open Admin/Global Settings
  • Replace the Post Code with the post code you want the figures for
  • Click Estimate to get latitude and longitude figures
  • Click Cancel to abandon your changes

Fig. 1: Location figures from Post Code

Get Figures from Google Map

You can get exact latitude and longitude figures from a Google map.

You can get exact latitude and longitude figures from Google.

To do this, follow these steps:

  • Open maps.google.com
  • You can find the rough location by entering a post code
  • Move the map around and zoom into the location you're looking for
  • Right-click your mouse over the location to see the Latitude and Longitude
  • Click the latitude and longitude figures to copy the figures

Fig. 1: Location figures from Google

Get Bearing from Google Map

You can display a streetview picture on the About/Find Us page by setting latitude, longitude and bearing fields in Admin/Section Details.

You can display a streetview picture on the About/Find Us page by setting latitude, longitude and bearing fields in Admin/Section Details.

To find the latitude, longitude and bearing figures, follow these steps:

  • Open maps.google.com
  • You can find the rough location by entering a post code
  • Move the map around and zoom into the location you're looking for
  • Drag the Google Man to the road in front of your location, to move to streetview
  • Move up and down the road, and turn the camera round, until you see your location
  • The figures are shown in the browser URL/address shown in Fig. 2, as follows:
    • 51.6493513 is the latitude figure (proceeded by the @ sign)
    • 0.00314 is the longitude figure
    • 287 is the bearing. You should use a whole number/integer, from 287.12h (the figure ending with a 'h').

Fig. 1: Google Streetview

Fig. 2: Google Streetview URL

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