How do you get the coordinates on Google Earth?

Answer 1

Best method is to find location in question using Google Earth then from the File menu select 'View in Google Maps'. Right mouse-click on map from Google Maps to select 'What's Here' link to show nearest address.

Likewise, the Street View interface from Google Maps shows approximate addresses for a given property.

Google states up front that some addresses are not roof-top accurate and describe this as the result of how addresses are matched up to an exact position on the earth. Google relies on a technique called "address interpolation," which is a fancy way of saying that they take a best guess. More specifically, the algorithm looks at the total number of addresses in a given block and assumes an even distribution of the addresses along that block.

For example, if there are ten addresses for the 800th block of Main Street, it assumes that the fifth address is located at the halfway point.

Answer 2

First you need to enable the Status Bar in the View menu of Google Earth. With that option checked, the latitude and longitude coordinates will be displayed in the status bar below the map. When you move the mouse the coordinates for that location will be displayed.

Answer 3

To find a street address in Google Earth you simply enter its address in the Search/Fly-to text box.

To enter a new business address you can create a free entry in Google Places, which is used to populate Google Earth and Google Maps. Or you can enter a new address or fix the mapping of an existing address to its correct location using the Google Map Maker.