There are websites out there that let you type an address and see the geocode for that address. However, they are usually limited in some way. For example, they only work within a particular country.

In this article we show you how to find geocode for any location, using Google Maps. All it takes is a few simple steps.

Step 1 – Find the location in Google Maps

Start by looking up the address or location in Google Maps. In this example, we lookup “One Market St, San Francisco, CA”.

Find the location in Google Maps

Step 2 – Click on the Link hyperlink

Click on the “Link” hyperlink in the upper-right corner of the map.

Click on the Link

Step 3 – Click on Customize

Click on “Customize and preview embedded map”.

Click Customize and Preview

Step 4 – Find latitude and longitude (geocode)

In the preview window, scroll down to section 3 (HTML embed code). Look for the fragment that starts with “ll=”. In our example, it is “37.794108,-122.39511″ (See the screenshot below). That’s it. Pretty simple!

Note: be sure you are looking for “ll=” and not for “sll=”.

Get latitude and longitude

You can verify your result by entering the values back into Google Maps:

Verify your result

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