Is there an easy way to get the latitude and longitude of a location using online maps/satellite images? I know of at least two sites abroad, can pinpoint them on a map, but can't get a precise grid location for them. Any ideas? I'd offer a prize, let's call it the Longitude Prize, but I think Mr Harrison has already won it.

Well if you can pinpoint them on the map you can do it using Google Earth.

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OK, then I wasn't using Google Earth when I looked last time! Thanks, I'll give it a go some time.

flashearth works in lat/long.

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flashearth works in lat/long.

Flashearth is a great toy - http://www.flashearth.com/ 

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not a lot of use for non uk but for the UK its brilliant

http://wheresthepath.googlepages.com/wheresthepath.htm 

I haven't advertised these too much but they are if needed
http://www.map.toadstone.com/  Zoom out and you'll see the whole world and use the white on blue + to change layers.

and this for OS http://www.kap.toadstone.com/kapmap/osmap.html  This is a dynamic layered map going down to street level, covers the whole of the UK and provides lat/long with respective Eastings & Northings.

Both will zoom in or out and in the near future the OS will be linked to Google like wheresthepath.

Peter.

If you use the MAGIC site http://www.magic.gov.uk/  you can find OSGB grid references and lat/long on there.

Multimap is good - you can use it for any country and under the map it give the latitude and longitude eg for Kracow

http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=kracow&countryCode=PL#map=50.05779,19.10876|11|4&loc=PL:50.0622:19.9451:11|kracow|Krakow 

oi where's my prize?

Hey Google is the same. My time piece is in the post. Not the original I'm afraid to say.

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I haven't advertised these too much but they are if needed
http://www.map.toadstone.com/  Zoom out and you'll see the whole world and use the white on blue + to change layers.

and this for OS http://www.kap.toadstone.com/kapmap/osmap.html  This is a dynamic layered map going down to street level, covers the whole of the UK and provides lat/long with respective Eastings & Northings.

Both will zoom in or out and in the near future the OS will be linked to Google like wheresthepath.

Peter.

That OS link is brilliant. I use OS maps quite a lot but the official OS website is rubbish. These maps you provioded are really good, thanks 🙂

A little of topic, but if anyone passing Wakefield with an hr or so to spare, visit Nostell Priory. It's the estate that John Harrison was born on & thay have a working, woodern geared clock of his. It's fantastic (well I think so).

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Longitude. Dava Sobel. ISBN 1-85702-502-4
Nice one Toadstone!

Great book. Time I read it again. Not too sure which one I'm getting:

http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.355 

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Longitude. Dava Sobel. ISBN 1-85702-502-4
Nice one Toadstone!

Funnily enough, I couldn't find a ref. in Dava's book to the Nostell clock.
Mind you I have difficulty finding my keys, glasses, house etc. just lately!

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The OS map is driven by OS themselves, I'm trialling it as part of the OpenSpace project along with many others. Its based on the OpenLayers API. Bill Chadwick who does the Wheresthepath site is the master of this type of scripting.

I'm totally Mac based and I have been playing with the OS Openspace API and the iPhone, sadly the Safari browser used by the iPhone is a cut down version of the Mac one and will not allow vectored browsing but the iPhone version still comes up OK apart from not being able to scroll etc. It can also be viewed in a normal browser Mac or PC. It lives here http://www.toadstone/OS/iphone 

OS are also doing a gazetteer which is awesome. Again I did it for the iPhone but you can view it in a normal PC browser.
You can try it here http://www.toadstone.com/OS/iphonegaz 

It will give results for any entry on an standard OS map, just put in Nostell and press find me a map, it should return 2 results, just click on the Priory and hey presto map appears.

Hours of fun.

PS the reason the map is small and to one side is because the page is written for the iPhone, if you haven't already sussed that out.

Whilst on the subject of Lat/Long, I found this site of use if you only have an OS grid ref, it will convert it for you, also has links to various maps.

http://www.nearby.org.uk/coord.cgi?p=sj19257368 

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