Free Tool · Browser-based
My Location — where am I right now?
Click one button and see your exact GPS coordinates, accuracy radius, city, and country on a live interactive map within two seconds. No signup, no app to install, and your coordinates stay in your browser.
Find my current location
What is the My Location tool?
The My Location tool is a free browser-based utility that answers the simple question — where am I right now? — without making you install an app, sign up for an account, or trust your data to a server we control. When you click the button, your browser asks the operating system for your current position; the operating system combines GPS satellite signals, nearby Wi-Fi access points, cell-tower information, and IP geolocation to produce a single best-guess coordinate; that coordinate then appears in your dashboard along with the accuracy radius and the closest city.
Behind the scenes the tool calls the W3C Geolocation API — the same standard interface that Google Maps, Uber, and every weather app on the web use. The accuracy you get depends on what hardware you have and where you are: outdoors on a phone, expect roughly 3 to 5 meters; indoors or on a desktop without a GPS chip, expect 10 to 50 meters from Wi-Fi positioning, or several kilometers if only IP is available.
How to use this tool — step by step
- Click the Find my location button above. Your browser will display a small prompt asking for permission the first time you visit.
- Click Allow on the permission prompt. Without permission, the page cannot read your position. You only need to do this once per browser per site.
- Wait one or two seconds. A spinner shows progress while the operating system collects signals. Outdoors with a clear sky, the fix is near-instant; indoors it can take a few seconds longer.
- Read the result. The big number at the top is your latitude and longitude in decimal degrees — paste-ready for any map app. Below it you see the accuracy, altitude (when available), and the city and country reverse-geocoded from the coordinates.
- Copy, share, or navigate. Use the Copy button to put the coordinates on your clipboard, or click the Google Maps and OpenStreetMap buttons to open the exact spot in either service for navigation, sharing, or further exploration.
Why use GetMyLocations?
Instant results
One click, no signup, no app download. From cold open to coordinates on screen in under three seconds on any modern device.
Privacy first
Your GPS coordinates are processed in your browser. We do not store them on a server we operate. See our Privacy Policy for the full breakdown of third-party services.
Works everywhere
Any device, any modern browser, any country. No regional restrictions, no carrier requirements, no proprietary app store dependency.
Real precision
Six-decimal-degree coordinates (about one meter), live accuracy radius shown on the map, and altitude when your device provides it.
Easy sharing
One click copies the coordinates to your clipboard in the standard format any map service understands. Two clicks open the exact spot in Google Maps or OpenStreetMap.
Always free
No paywall, no premium tier, no usage limits. The tool is supported by lightweight advertising so it stays free for everyone, forever.
Frequently asked questions
How does the My Location tool know where I am?
It uses your browser's built-in Geolocation API. Your operating system fuses GPS satellite signals, nearby Wi-Fi access points, cell-tower triangulation, and IP geolocation into a single best-guess coordinate, then passes that coordinate to the page. The page itself never talks to a satellite — the OS handles all of that and just tells the browser the answer.
Why is the location my browser shows wrong?
The most common reasons: you are indoors and the GPS signal cannot reach the satellites, your phone is in battery saver mode and downsampling GPS, you are connected through a VPN that rewrites your IP, you are on a mobile carrier whose gateway is in a different city, or you previously denied the precise-location permission and the browser fell back to IP-only positioning.
Is my location data sent to your servers?
No. Your raw GPS coordinates are processed entirely in your browser by the page's JavaScript. The optional reverse-geocoding step — turning the coordinates into a city name — sends just the coordinates to a third-party service (OpenStreetMap Nominatim). We do not log or store your position on a server we operate.
Why does my browser ask for permission?
Web pages cannot read your physical location without your explicit consent. The permission prompt is the browser's built-in privacy guard. You can revoke the permission at any time through your browser's site settings, and any subsequent request from the same site will be silently blocked until you re-enable it.
Does this work on my laptop or desktop computer?
Yes, but most desktops do not have a GPS chip, so accuracy is lower than on a phone. On a desktop the browser typically falls back to Wi-Fi positioning (using Apple's or Google's worldwide Wi-Fi access point database) which gives about 10 to 25 meters of accuracy. If no Wi-Fi data is available the fallback is IP geolocation, which can be anywhere from 1 kilometer to 50 kilometers off.
What does the accuracy radius mean?
The accuracy value is the radius — in meters — of a circle that the operating system is 95% confident contains your real position. An accuracy of 8 means the device is fairly sure you are within an 8-meter circle around the reported point. An accuracy of 5000 (which is common indoors on a desktop) means the OS is essentially guessing within a 5-kilometer radius.
Can I use this tool from inside a building?
You can, but GPS satellite signals do not penetrate roofs and most walls, so the tool falls back to Wi-Fi positioning. If your building's Wi-Fi access points are in Google's or Apple's database, accuracy is typically 10 to 25 meters. If they are not, you may get a less precise result based on cell-tower triangulation or your IP address.