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Latitude and Longitude Finder
Turn any address into GPS coordinates. Type the address, or tap the satellite map to drop a pin, and get latitude and longitude in decimal degrees and degrees, minutes, seconds, with a copy button for each. Works anywhere in the world, nothing is stored.
How do I find the latitude and longitude of an address?
Type the address in the search box and pick it from the list. The map jumps to a satellite photo of the property and drops a red pin on it. If the pin lands in the street or on the neighbour's roof, drag it onto the exact spot you need, or tap anywhere on the map to move it. The coordinates update as you go. Hit Copy next to the format you want, or Copy link to share the exact spot with someone else.
On a phone, the Use my location button drops the pin at your GPS position. That's handy when you're standing on site and the address is a lot number or a paddock gate that geocoders don't know about.
What do the numbers mean?
Latitude is how far north or south of the equator you are, from 0° at the equator to 90° at the poles. Longitude is how far east or west of Greenwich in London you are, from 0° to 180°. In decimal degrees, south and west are written as negative numbers. Sydney's Opera House, for example, is at about -33.8568, 151.2153: 33.86° south of the equator and 151.22° east of Greenwich.
The older degrees, minutes, seconds format says the same thing a different way: 33° 51′ 24″ S, 151° 12′ 55″ E. Some forms still ask for it, so the tool shows both. The coordinates use the WGS84 datum, which is what GPS, Google Maps and every solar design tool expect. Australia's official GDA2020 datum differs by less than two metres, which doesn't matter for anything solar related.
Why does a solar company have a coordinates tool?
Because latitude is the first thing every solar calculation needs. The sun's path through the sky depends on it, so the best tilt for panels, the expected yield of a roof and the baseline a monitoring system compares against all start with latitude. Design software like PVWatts, SAM and PV*SOL asks for coordinates before it asks for anything else, and so does PV Fleet when you add a site.
Installers and maintenance crews use coordinates for more than design. Drone inspection flight plans, site records for a portfolio, grid connection paperwork and finding a rural array without a street address all come back to a pair of numbers. To be honest, once you get in the habit of putting coordinates on the site record, you wonder how you managed without them.
How accurate is it?
For most Australian street addresses the geocoder lands on the rooftop, because it uses point address data rather than guessing along the street. In regional areas and for newer estates it may land on the road centreline or the lot boundary, which is why the pin is draggable. Six decimal places is roughly 10 cm on the ground, which is far finer than any solar tool needs. A yield estimate barely changes over a whole suburb.
Common questions
Why is my latitude negative?
Negative latitude means south of the equator, which covers all of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Negative longitude means west of Greenwich, so the Americas are negative and Australia is positive. If a form rejects a negative number, it probably wants a separate N/S or E/W field, and the degrees, minutes, seconds line has those letters.
Do you store my address or coordinates?
No. There is no database behind this tool. The address lookup goes to the Esri World Geocoder, the imagery comes from Esri, and the coordinates are worked out in your browser. PV Fleet does not save or see any of it. A shared link carries the pin position in the link itself.
Can I get coordinates for a place with no street address?
Yes. Search the nearest town or road to get close, then zoom in and tap the spot on the satellite photo. Rural sheds, ground mount arrays and paddocks all work this way. On site, Use my location will do it from your phone's GPS.
Which latitude do I put into the angle calculator?
Just the latitude figure, rounded to one decimal place. The link under the result takes you straight to the Solar Panel Angle Calculator with it filled in, so you can see the best tilt and direction for that spot.
Add this tool to your website
Run a solar blog, an installer site or a sustainability page? You're welcome to embed this latitude and longitude finder for free. Copy the code below into any page. It works on WordPress, Squarespace, Wix and plain HTML, and there's nothing to sign up for.
Please keep the credit line under the tool. If you need a different size or have a question, contact us.
Adding sites to a solar portfolio?
Coordinates tell you where a system is. PV Fleet tells you whether it is working. It connects to the inverter monitoring you already have, learns what each site should produce and alerts you within hours when a fault appears.