This coordinates to Place ID converter turns a latitude and longitude into the Google Place ID for that point, along with the address Google holds for it and a pin on the map. There is no API key to request and no account to create.
What the coordinates to Place ID converter returns
One point on the map is not one place. Google knows the doorstep, the street, the neighbourhood, the city, and the country, and each of those has its own Place ID. Reverse geocoding the Eiffel Tower’s coordinates returns sixteen results.
Therefore the most precise result goes in the cards at the top. The rest are listed underneath with the type Google assigned them, so if you wanted the suburb rather than the building, you can take it without running a second search.
How to use the coordinates to Place ID converter
- Type or paste the latitude first, then the longitude.
- Separate them with a comma, a semicolon, or a space.
- Press Get Place ID.
Google documents how these identifiers behave in its official Place ID reference, which is worth reading before you store any of them long term.
Decimal degrees are what this tool reads: 48.8584, 2.2945. Negative numbers mean south and west, so Rio de Janeiro is -22.9519, -43.2105. You can also write the hemisphere as a letter, as in 22.9519 S, 43.2105 W.
Degrees, minutes and seconds are not supported. A half-read DMS string produces a confident wrong answer, which is worse than a refusal, so the tool declines it rather than guessing.
Getting the order right
Latitude comes first. It is the north-south number and it never exceeds 90. Longitude comes second and runs to 180.
However, swapping them is the most common mistake, and it usually fails silently rather than loudly, because the reversed pair is often still a valid point somewhere else on Earth. If the address that comes back is in the wrong country, try the two numbers the other way around.
Coordinates to Place ID worked example
Run 48.8584, 2.2945 through the coordinates to Place ID converter. The cards return the premise at that point, Tour Eiffel, 5 Av. Anatole France, 75007 Paris, and fifteen further matches ranging from the street to the country.
In other words, note what this does not return: the Eiffel Tower’s own listing. Coordinates resolve to addresses, not to businesses or landmarks. If you want the ID of the listing itself, search its name in the Place ID Finder.
When you would use this
- Turning a stored set of coordinates back into a Google-recognised address.
- Checking that a pin dropped by a delivery or fleet system lands where you expect.
- Finding the city or postcode Place ID for a point, to use as a region filter.
- Migrating records that hold only coordinates into a system that expects Place IDs.
Frequently asked questions
Is this Coordinates to Place ID tool free?
Yes. It is completely free, requires no Google API key, and has no limit on how many points you convert.
Why do I get an address instead of the business at that spot?
Coordinates resolve through reverse geocoding, which answers “what address is here” rather than “what business is here”. For a named listing, use the Place ID Finder instead.
Which of the results should I use?
Take the one whose type matches what you need. The first is the most precise. If you are filtering by city, take the one typed locality; for a postcode, take postal code.
Can I convert latitude and longitude in bulk?
Not here. This tool converts one point at a time. For bulk work you would call the Geocoding API directly with your own key.
What if there is no result?
Very remote points can return nothing at all. Check the order of the two numbers first, since a reversed pair is the usual cause.
Does it work outside the United States?
Yes. Any coordinates Google Maps covers will resolve, worldwide.