Our GPS coordinates API

Give a name to any GPS coordinates

Sharing or remembering GPS coordinates is no fun. Who wants to manipulate long lists of figures?

Our goal with this tool is to facilitate the exchange of coordinates via simple codes/names that you create yourself.

Anyone can then access those coordinates either via a classic webpage, or via an http request to our API.

How to name a place

The first step to be able to name a specific place is to create an account (just login if you already have one).

Once your are logged in, you can bookmark any place by clicking on the star inside the infowindow on the map. Any bookmarked place will be added to your bookmark list under the map on any page.

The first column of your bookmark list is where you can name your places. Just type in the desired identifier in the input field and click on OK.

Should the identifier be already used or invalid, an error message will be displayed just below the input. Please note that as spaces and tabs are not url friendly, they will be replaced by the sign "+". Also, to avoid confusion, all identifiers will be forced to lowercases.

Access the API

Once a place has been named with a unique identifier (see section above), its gps coordinates are accessible through our API which sends responses in the JSON format. Just send an http request like this example: http://www.gps-coordinates.net/api/eiffeltower

As the identifier "eiffeltower" has been created, the JSON response will be as follows:
{"responseCode" : "200", "identifier" : "eiffeltower", "latitude" : "48.8583701", "longitude" : "2.2944813"}

The responseCode will be 200 if the identifier has been created for a specific place. If the identifier has not been created or if an error occurs, the responseCode will be 400.

The identifier is stated again in every response for security and double-checking purposes.

The latitude and longitude are the last 2 parameters of any successful request.

Any identified location can also be viewed on a regular web page, as follows for our same Eiffel Tower example: http://www.gps-coordinates.net/id/eiffeltower