Coordinates to address

What each row means

Address is the label of the OpenStreetMap feature closest to the point. Elevation is the ground height from the Copernicus digital elevation model on a 90 meter grid, so it describes the terrain, not the top of a building. IANA zone is the time zone name, such as America/Denver, and Offset is its current difference from UTC.

How to use it

1. Click the map at the point you want, or search a place name to jump there.
2. The tool sends three requests at once and fills the card when all three have answered.
3. Read the coordinates, the nearest address, the elevation in meters and feet, the IANA time zone, its UTC offset, and the local time.
4. If one service is down, its row says unavailable and gives the reason. The other rows still show.

How reverse geocoding picks an address

Reverse geocoding turns a coordinate into the nearest named feature. Photon looks for OpenStreetMap objects near the point and returns the closest with its address tags. In a mapped neighborhood that is usually a building with a house number. In open country it can be a road, a hamlet, or a park.

The address is the nearest feature, not a guarantee that the point is on that property. Parcels and addresses belong to the county assessor, and only its records settle a property question.

Elevation and time zone

Open-Meteo's elevation API serves the Copernicus DEM 2021 release GLO-90, which has 90 meter resolution. One grid cell covers a whole city block, so steep slopes and cliffs are averaged. For a single point with more detail, use the elevation finder.

The time zone comes from Open-Meteo's automatic time zone lookup, which returns an IANA zone name. The local time is computed in your browser from that zone, including daylight saving time.

Entering coordinates

Search accepts place names. To start from numbers, use the latitude and longitude finder or the coordinate converter, which read decimal degrees, degrees-minutes-seconds, and map links, then click the matching spot here.

Common uses

People use reverse geocoding to name a photo location, to describe a dropped pin in a message, or to check what sits at coordinates from a GPS log. The elevation and time zone rows help with trip planning, such as knowing the altitude of a trailhead and the local time there. For many points at once, this tool is not built for batches; look up the most important few.