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Geographic coordinates (obtaining)
To obtain
geographic coordinates
of a place :
Look at a good printed
map
or
atlas
, visit your library
Use a
GPS
satellite navigator, if you have one
Look at a website built by GPS users, e.g.
http://geourl.org/
or
http://www.findu.com/
or
http://www.geocaching.com/
Look for GPS "
Waypoint
" files
Google for the city name together with "latitude", "longitude", which gives hits like
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001769.html
Look at a map website, e.g.
http://www.mapquest.com/
or
http://www.yahoo.com/
Look at a
wiki
that already uses map coordinates, e.g.
" class="external">http://susning.nu/
No matter where you find coordinates, always look to see if they seem reasonable.
See also
Geographic coordinate system
External Links :
Census Gazetteer: to identify U.S. places with coordinates
.
Getty TGN coordinates of places all over the world
.