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I've tried some google searches but can't find anything which is, for my limited skills, user friendly.

I have two issues at hand:

- Friends in home country asking for the Google coordinates for my house location (Urbana village in the Don Chan area) and on 'street view'.

- Friends in home country just sent me some coordinates for their new house, and keeping asking if I found their house on the Google earth map and on 'street view'.

Recommendations of a user fiendly site would be much appreciated, thanks.

Posted

Have you tried maps.google.com?

First, finding co-ordinates of a place you know on the map, find the place you are looking for, for example Pun Pun Guesthouse:

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Right click on the location and select 'What's here?' from the bottom of the menu box.

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A green arrow will point to where you clicked, and in the search box at the top the co-ordinates of that location will appear.

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Now, for one way of getting to street view, drag the yellow man above the zoom bar to the place on the map you want to view.

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You can then use the arrows on the screen to have a look around.

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Now, say someone gives you the co-ordinates 18.823229,99.022364.

You type them into the search box at the top and search, a green arrow appears at the correct location.

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Left click on the green arrow and a box comes up. You need to click 'Streetview' below the picture for another way to get to street view.

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And there you have the San Sai Bamboo Bar.

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Hope that helps.

Posted

Have you tried maps.google.com?

First, finding co-ordinates of a place you know on the map, find the place you are looking for, for example Pun Pun Guesthouse:

post-78027-0-98287300-1338129451_thumb.j

Right click on the location and select 'What's here?' from the bottom of the menu box.

post-78027-0-71174800-1338129524_thumb.j

A green arrow will point to where you clicked, and in the search box at the top the co-ordinates of that location will appear.

post-78027-0-29201500-1338129583_thumb.j

Now, for one way of getting to street view, drag the yellow man above the zoom bar to the place on the map you want to view.

post-78027-0-11228000-1338129637_thumb.j

You can then use the arrows on the screen to have a look around.

post-78027-0-61898300-1338129702_thumb.j

Now, say someone gives you the co-ordinates 18.823229,99.022364.

You type them into the search box at the top and search, a green arrow appears at the correct location.

post-78027-0-48777300-1338129791_thumb.j

Left click on the green arrow and a box comes up. You need to click 'Streetview' below the picture for another way to get to street view.

post-78027-0-08021200-1338129887_thumb.j

And there you have the San Sai Bamboo Bar.

post-78027-0-10052900-1338129925_thumb.j

Hope that helps.

Thanks for the detailed instructions. smile.png I think even I can do this albeit being an old 'paper map' guy. Will try for sure.

Posted

You know what, I never noticed the 'What's here?' part before. Just zoomed into my building's location and the co-ordinates pop into the box a the top of the page, easy peasy. Thanks to OP and the resident map genius.

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