# Looking for website that will let me draw a path then give me lat/long points **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 13, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-website-that-will-let-me-draw-a-path-then-give-me-lat-long-points/567515 "2011-01-13T21:18:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-website-that-will-let-me-draw-a-path-then-give-me-lat-long-points/567515/1 "2011-01-13T21:18:33Z")
My Google-fu is weak today. I’m looking for a quick and dirty way to map out a path and get a series of lat/long points. What I’d really like is to pull up something like Google Maps, zoom into an area, draw a line or series of points, click a button, and get a pop up with a series of lat/longs. I can do something similar with Google Earth - zoom into somewhere, and use placemarks to put pushpins in certain places, then output as a .klz file. But that’s a pain. I want something a little easier to use. Anyone? There’s got to be something out there on the Interwebs that does something like that, right? ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-website-that-will-let-me-draw-a-path-then-give-me-lat-long-points/567515/2 "2011-01-13T21:27:06Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > I can do something similar with Google Earth - zoom into somewhere, and use placemarks to put pushpins in certain places, then output as a .klz file. But that’s a pain. I want something a little easier to use. Not quite what you’re looking for, but better than using Google Earth: Go to Google Maps and start double-clicking/zooming in to where you want to mark (as opposed to using the search bar). Once the place you want is centered, click “Link” in the top-right corner. The URL Google gives you will have the coordinates, like so: https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll= **37.738234,-122.38081** &spn=0.000765,0.001206&t=h&z=20 ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-website-that-will-let-me-draw-a-path-then-give-me-lat-long-points/567515/3 "2011-01-13T21:30:23Z")
And actually, it looks like even if you do use the search bar and then click around to somewhere else, the second set of coordinates will be what you want. I searched for 21st Amendment (it’s a brewpub), and then zoomed over to the ballpark: https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=21st%2Bamendment&sll=37.738234,-122.38081&sspn=0.000765,0.001206&ie=UTF8&hq=21st%2Bamendment&hnear=&ll= **37.778015,-122.391281** &spn=0.000764,0.001206&t=h&z=20 ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-website-that-will-let-me-draw-a-path-then-give-me-lat-long-points/567515/4 "2011-01-13T22:19:46Z")
For running and choosing running or cycling routes, I use [Gmap Pedometer](http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/). You can record your route as a series of points on a map, or a satelite photo, and get the distance in miles or KMs. You can export is as a GPX file. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-website-that-will-let-me-draw-a-path-then-give-me-lat-long-points/567515/5 "2011-01-13T23:37:54Z")
Maybe this site: [Batchgeo](http://www.batchgeo.com/lookup/) Here’s one using Bing Maps [Hmmm](http://www.hmmm.ip3.co.uk/longitude-latitude/us-zipcode.shtml) And another for Google Maps: [Universimmedia](http://universimmedia.pagesperso-orange.fr/geo/loc.htm) ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-website-that-will-let-me-draw-a-path-then-give-me-lat-long-points/567515/6 "2011-01-14T01:07:13Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > ::: snip :::: > /geo/loc.htm]Universimmedia I like this one ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-website-that-will-let-me-draw-a-path-then-give-me-lat-long-points/567515/7 "2011-01-14T13:23:56Z")
Thanks for all the suggestions, but still, none of those do exactly what I’m looking for. I can easily get the lat/long of a single point using many of those, but none of them allow me to draw a path and then export a series of points. Maybe the Interwebs are going to let me down! ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-website-that-will-let-me-draw-a-path-then-give-me-lat-long-points/567515/8 "2011-01-14T13:30:38Z")
What exactly are you trying to do? I get trying to draw a line, but how many points along that line do you want to come out? Or do you want to be able to draw a few lines and then have the intersection points labeled? ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-website-that-will-let-me-draw-a-path-then-give-me-lat-long-points/567515/9 "2011-01-14T13:35:10Z")
You could try [mapmyrun.com](http://mapmyrun.com). You can draw a route, and export the results. It appears to give lat long for each mile marker of the route.