Google's suite of utilities is especially important in our daily lives., all because we use a lot of them on our mobile device. The services are essential to be connected and pull them when required, for example email, Drive, Google Maps and more.
A tool to get a lot of juice out of is Google Maps, it is used to go to a location through guided assistance, to know the nearby train, bus, and taxi stops, as well as for other matters. Among other things, Maps is capable of extracting relevant information from those points that we want, either from our location or another specific one.
In this tutorial we will explain how to get utm coordinates from google maps, which will help you if you want to know unique details of the points. This will show you the latitude and longitude in decimal format, it will do it at the top and this information is copyable in case it is needed for a specific thing.
What are the coordinates for?
Coordinates are often vital to locate an exact position, all this is done by numbers, with the longitude, latitude and the hemisphere of protagonists. It is often used a lot in flights, although over time it has also gained validity in the positions of certain objects, people and other things.
Google Maps uses utm coordinates, they are precise, with numbers that will work for you in case you want to give it to emergencies, whenever you end up in a critical situation. They are searchable, valid and positive if you want to find them in just a few minutes, all provided that the same tool is used.
In the Google app it hides well, despite this, it is possible to see the ones you want, including your home in a precise way. In addition, among other things, you will have the option to save if you want one or several coordinates, keeping the same ones saved in the browser you use.
How to get utm coordinates in Google Maps
The first and essential thing in this step is to have Google Maps, all Android phones usually have it installed, it is an app that usually comes within the Google conglomerate. The folder called Google usually has this inside, you will also find it outside in other terminal models as it has a different layer, that will depend on the phone (brand) you use.
By saving one, it will be consultable at any time, you can use the browser if you want, without having to open the app on your phone. Imagine putting an address and knowing all the ordered numbers, is what you can do with Google Maps and the coordinates known as utm.
To view a utm coordinate in Google Maps, do the following:
- Open Google Maps in your browser (PC, Android and iOS)
- Right-click (PC) or then tap on the map (iOS and Android) and a window will open
- Once it opens you will see the latitude and longitude, it will always be at the top, plus the grid is another option in case you want to see important, copyable details that you can paste elsewhere
- After this you can see the coordinate of a specific zone, your home, among other specific places that you visit
The coordinates can be seen in landscape, if you decide it's copyable like this, tap on it and click copy to clipboard, which you can then take to apps, notes, and more. To know the altitude and longitude, once you click on it, it will tell you what one is and the other to identify and take it elsewhere.
Save coordinates from Google Maps
As for copying utm coordinates from Google Maps, you also have the option to save those that you find interesting, this is a point to consider in case you want to create many. The ideal is always that you give it a name, if you don't you will check the numbers and see this if it opens in Google Maps (with preview).
We have to use Gmail, which is an associated service, plus if we have Maps open it will make life easier for us after all. This works on both desktop and mobile devices., therefore if you want to do this, you have to do the following in your terminal step by step:
- Enter the Google Maps application with your email account associated, specifically that of Gmail
- Click on the left side menu, click on the option "Your places"
- The points saved so far will appear, you can change if you consider it appropriate for the one you want, this will depend on which coordinate you want to know, also the change is as if you were looking for your location, put the one you want to know on your phone / PC
- Inside “Places”, go to “Maps” and create map
- Select your location in a square and click "Save", this will make the coordinates more than exact and you can use it anywhere, in addition to giving it to whoever you want
- When saving this, it will be converted to kml or kmz format, it is the recognized format of Google Maps, it will not be read by another application
View coordinates with Office Excel
The KML can be viewed from Office, specifically from Excel, which is a powerful and versatile tool, at least that is what it has demonstrated up to this time. To do this, you have to carry out a few steps, which is vital, especially if you want it to be accepted by the Microsoft suite application.
To open a kml in Excel, do the following:
- The first thing is to change the kml format to .xml
- Give it to visualize as if it were a table
- Locate the coordinates, this is essential if you want to show those saved in the "kml" file
- Copy it to the file, for example to a new one, you can also leave it
- Click on "Save file" and send it for it to arrive to be safe, essential in case you want to have it on hand for a specific thing