Find your current location in one tap: see your latitude and longitude, how accurate the reading is, and your position on a map. Then send it on WhatsApp, copy the link, or look up the nearest address. Your location is only read when you tap the button, and it is never sent to or stored on our server.
Private: your browser asks your permission first. We do not save or track your location.
How to Share Your Live Location
The link above shows where you are right now. If someone needs to follow you while you travel, for example on the way home at night, use live location in WhatsApp or Google Maps. It updates automatically and stops after the time you choose.
WhatsApp
Open the chat with the person or group.
Tap the attach icon (📎 on Android, + on iPhone) and choose Location.
Tap "Share live location".
Choose how long to share (15 minutes, 1 hour or 8 hours) and tap Send.
To end it early, open the chat and tap "Stop sharing".
Google Maps
Open the Google Maps app and tap your profile picture.
Tap "Location sharing", then "Share location".
Choose for how long, or "Until you turn this off".
Pick a contact, or tap "Copy to clipboard" to send the link in any app.
To stop, open Location sharing again and tap "Stop" next to the person.
How to Use My Current Location
Tap "Find my location".
When your browser asks, tap Allow. Nothing happens without your permission.
Read your latitude, longitude and accuracy, and check the pin on the map.
Tap "Send on WhatsApp" or "Copy link" to share it. Tap "Show address" if you also want the nearest street address.
How Accurate Is My Location?
Your browser uses the best source it has. On a phone with GPS switched on and a clear view of the sky, the reading is usually within 5 to 20 metres. Indoors, or on a laptop without GPS, it falls back to nearby Wi-Fi networks and mobile towers, and can be off by a few hundred metres or more.
Switch on GPS, or "Precise location" on Android and iPhone, for the best result.
Step outside or near a window, wait a few seconds, then tap "Update my location". The ± figure should get smaller.
The ± value is a radius: the true position is most likely inside a circle of that size around the pin.
Latitude and Longitude Explained
Latitude tells you how far north or south of the equator you are, from 0° to 90°. Longitude tells you how far east or west of Greenwich in London you are, from 0° to 180°. All of India lies north of the equator and east of Greenwich, so both numbers are positive here: New Delhi is roughly 28.61° N, 77.21° E.
The same position can be written in decimal degrees (28.613900) or in degrees, minutes and seconds (28° 36' 50.0" N). One minute is 1/60 of a degree and one second is 1/60 of a minute. Six decimal places pin a spot to within about 10 centimetres.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. Your location is read by your own browser only when you tap the button, and it stays on your device. We do not send it to our server or keep any record of it. To show the map and, if you tap "Show address", the nearest address, only the coordinates are sent to OpenStreetMap.
You may have tapped Block earlier. Tap the lock icon next to the web address, set Location to Allow for this site, and reload the page. On a phone, also make sure Location is switched on in the phone settings and that your browser app is allowed to use it.
No. This tool shares where you are at the moment you tap the button, and the link does not move with you. The person you send it to can use the directions link to reach that spot, and will see their own position live in Google Maps. If you will be moving too, use live location in WhatsApp or Google Maps, as explained above.
Most laptops have no GPS, so the browser estimates your position from nearby Wi-Fi networks or your internet connection. That can be hundreds of metres or even a few kilometres off. Check the ± accuracy figure, and use your phone when you need a precise location.