Is there an alternative to Google Maps to find GPS coordinates of a place in Germany?

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For probably any place on Earth, you can search it in Google Maps, make right-click, pick the option "What's here" and you get GPS coordinates.

If I don't want to use Google Maps API, is there an alternative open API to get GPS coordinates by address? To be less broad, say in Germany?

Hi @J. Doe, try searching this site for questions related to "geocoding". You will see answers to posts like this one (i.e. try OpenStreetMap as an alternative to Google Maps). — sboysel, Dec 14, 2019 at 22:04

philshem · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-15 14:50:14Z

You can use Nominatim which is a geocoding search engine built on Open Street Map (OSM) data.

Click "details" --> https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/details.php?place_id=84442764 and you'll see latitude/longitude and metadata of the entry

You can either use an API, or run your own Nominatim server (which can be done for individual countries).

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