User:Doncram/CoordinatesNotes

Notes on coordinates

Done

To do:

revise template programming to allow custom labels, especially to correct from "This section's coordinates".

I just found this short, silent demo in Youtube of how to get coordinates using Google maps, and its approach seems to work better than how I've gotten coordinates previously. Briefly:

bring up Google maps
enter a nearby address or other location just to quickly get to a view of the general area (e.g. can enter just "Isle of Man" or a more specific location such as a street address)
move around as needed to bring your desired location into clear view and zoom in on it
position cursor exactly where you want, and right-click (brings up small drop-down menu)
select "What's here" from drop-down menu
See that coordinates are now displayed within a new box (at upper left for me), showing something like

"Unnamed Rd
Isle of Man
54.261931, -4.463263

Note that now any new left-click at another point revises that, so you can refine the point selected easily
Copy-paste those coordinates from that box.
Edit the coordinates into list-article in format like {{coord|54.261931|N|4.463263|W|name=Location-name}} (note that -.463263 E is entered as .463263 W )