Location QR Code Generator

Q: Does a geo: code open Google Maps or Apple Maps?

Whichever the person has set as their default. The geo: URI is a neutral standard rather than a link to any one service, so the phone hands it to the map app the user prefers. That is why it is a better choice for printed signage than a maps.google.com link, which forces one provider on everyone.

Q: How do I find the coordinates for a place?

In Google Maps on desktop, right-click the exact spot and the first item in the menu is the decimal coordinates — clicking copies them. On the mobile app, drop a pin and the coordinates appear in the place card. On iPhone's Maps, drop a pin and swipe up on the place card.

Q: How many decimal places do I need?

Four is enough for most purposes — about 11 metres, which distinguishes one building from the next. Five gives roughly a metre, which is worth having for a specific gate or entrance. Beyond six there is no practical benefit and you are just adding characters to the code.

Q: Can I encode a street address instead of coordinates?

Not in the geo: format, which is defined in terms of coordinates only. If an address is what you want to share, encode a maps URL containing it using the general QR code generator — though be aware that ties the code to one map provider, and that an address is exactly what coordinates are useful for replacing when there is no address to give.

Turn map coordinates into a QR code that opens the exact spot in someone's map app.

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Longitude

In Google Maps, right-click the exact spot and click the coordinates to copy them.

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What It Does

This tool encodes a latitude and longitude as a geo: URI — the standard, provider-neutral way to express a point on the earth. Scanning it opens whichever map app the person prefers, centred on that exact spot, which is a meaningfully different thing from a postal address: coordinates find a field gate, a trailhead or a specific entrance that no address can describe.

When to Use It

You are directing people to a site with no useful street address — a festival gate, a wedding in a field, a trailhead.
Your building has several entrances and you want deliveries at the right one rather than the one the postcode picks.
You are marking a meeting point in a large space like a car park, a campus or a park.
You are producing a walking route or a heritage trail and want a code per stop.

Worked Examples

51.5074, -0.1278

Four decimal places, which resolves to roughly 11 metres — enough to distinguish one building from the next. Note how compact the resulting code is.

Latitude and longitude swapped

Encodes without complaint because both numbers are individually in range — it just points at a spot in the wrong hemisphere. A first number above 90 is the giveaway the range check does catch.

Latitude out of range

Latitude only runs from -90 to 90, so this is rejected outright. It is the shape a swapped pair takes when the longitude is large.

Common Mistakes

Swapping latitude and longitude. It is the most common coordinate error and the result is a valid-looking point somewhere entirely wrong — latitude runs from -90 to 90, longitude from -180 to 180, so a first number above 90 is always the giveaway. This tool range-checks both.
Mixing coordinate formats. Degrees-minutes-seconds pasted into a decimal field produces nonsense. Convert to decimal degrees first — Google Maps gives you decimals if you right-click a point and click the coordinates.
Cutting the decimal places short. Four decimal places is roughly 11 metres and five is about a metre; rounding to two puts you a kilometre away, which matters a great deal when the whole point is finding a specific gate.
Using coordinates when an address would serve better. If the destination is an ordinary building on a named street, a maps link with the address is easier for people to sanity-check than a pair of numbers they cannot verify by eye.

Features

Standard geo: URI that any map app can open

Latitude and longitude range validation

Provider-neutral — no Google or Apple lock-in

Very compact codes that scan from a distance

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How to Use

1. Get decimal coordinates — in Google Maps, right-click the exact spot and click the numbers to copy them. 2. Paste latitude in the first field and longitude in the second, keeping at least four decimal places. 3. Check the analysis raises no range warnings. 4. Download as SVG or PDF for signage, PNG for screens.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does a geo: code open Google Maps or Apple Maps?

How do I find the coordinates for a place?

How many decimal places do I need?

Can I encode a street address instead of coordinates?

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