There's also a handy Google Maps gadget for this:

http://www.google.com/ig/directory?q=get+lat+long&url=http://mikeg101.googlepage\
s.com/get_lat_long.xml




On Dec 21, 2007 6:50 PM, Tom Johnson <tom@...> wrote:

> A friend passed along this tip. I suppose it could be animated, but
> if you need a one-off set of lat-long coordinates, try this.
>
> Find a location in Google Maps and center it in your computer
> screen. Paste this command in the url bar:
>
> javascript:void(prompt('',gApplication.getMap().getCenter()));
>
> You'll get the lat/long for that location.
>
> NB: Paste into the URL address bar, not not Google's "search maps" window.
>
> -tj
>
>
>


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]