how to find GPS coordinates for a location?

recently i wanted to find my GPS coordinates or longitude and latitude values of some location in Bangalore though i initially thought Google Maps is the easy way to find out the coordinates i found out there is no option where google maps displays these values but after googling for a while i came to know about a trick on how to get long and lat values from Google maps make sure to point the pointer on the exact location else you will not get the coordinates accurately.

After pointing to the location just copy and paste below script in your browser address-bar and click enter

javascript:void(prompt('',gApplication.getMap().getCenter()));

Now a little popup box will appear displaying the coodinates which can be copied and pasted or bookmarked for future use

If you dont want to use the java script here is the other trick, there is an option called LatLng Tooltip that can be enabled in the laps as still it is in betasage enabling this will automatically shows the latitude and longitude as a baloon when you hover the mouse on different location...

to enable the option:

--> Go to Google Maps Login into your account

--> you can see the GreenIcon in the top right corner click on the green jar

--> Scroll down and enable the LatLng tooptip and LatLng marker by clicking the radiobutton and click on save
--> No hover mouse on maps you can easily see LatLong
--> Now to mark the coordinates right click on the map location you can see the Drop LatLng Marker to mark the location

visit http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/DDDMMSS-decimal.html website if you want to convert between Degrees, Minutes, Seconds and Decimal Degrees Latitude/Longitude