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Reading coordinates
Latitude and longitude: how to read your GPS coordinates
What latitude and longitude actually mean, how to read a pair out loud without getting them backward, the three formats they come in, and how to find your own.
Sharing a spot
What is what3words? The three-word address, explained
How a three-word address works, how to find and share yours, and why officers and emergency services use three words to put help on an exact 3-meter square.
Land navigation
What is MGRS? The military grid reference system, explained
How to read a military grid reference coordinate, find your own MGRS grid on iPhone, and why it beats latitude and longitude when you have to put a unit on an exact spot.
Your exact location
Where am I right now? How to find your exact location and address
Your phone knows where it is. Here is how to read it as a street address, the nearest cross street, and coordinates you can say out loud, even with no signal.
Sharing location
How to share your location on iPhone when it has to be exact
The built-in ways are fine for meeting a friend. On a call you need a spot someone can act on. The fast ways to send your iPhone location, and the code that does not depend on a dropped pin.
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