Latitude and longitude coordinates can be deduced by knowing the position of a stationary observer or place on Earth in relation to the equator and the prime meridian. As Earth is spherical in shape, ...

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The always helpful Tech-Recipes has come up with an ingenius way to find latitude and longitude values for any location using Google Maps. You'll first need to look up an address (duh), but this trick ...

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