Find a place with latitude and longitude
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On the Tools menu, click Find, and then click the Lat/Long tab.
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In the Latitude box, type the latitude of the place you want to find in either decimal degrees or degrees, minutes, seconds (DMS) format.
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In the Longitude box, type the longitude of the place you want to find in either decimal degrees or DMS format.
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Click Find, and then click OK.
Note When you find a latitude and longitude coordinate, MapPoint creates a pushpin on your map. You can add text to the pushpin balloon and rename the pushpin. These pushpins are automatically stored in a pushpin set called My pushpins and are saved with your map.
Notes
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DMS coordinates can be entered in any of the following ways, where D is a single letter that indicates direction (N for north, S for south, E for east, or W for west):
dd.mm.ss.sD
dd:mm:ss.sD
dd mm ss.sD
dd°mm'ss.s"D
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If you are entering coordinates in decimal format and the location is south of the equator or west of the prime meridian, express the latitude or longitude as a negative value; for example, –15.75 degrees latitude or –64.25 degrees longitude.
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To copy the latitude and longitude coordinates of your mouse cursor to the clipboard, press CTRL+ALT+C.
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The format of the coordinates is determined by settings in the Options dialog box on the Tools menu.