Vancouver Geographic coordinates

Vancouver is in British Columbia, Canada, at latitude 49.24966 and longitude -123.11934. It lies in the northern and western hemispheres, about 70 m above sea level.

British Columbia, Canada Northern · Western Hemisphere

Decimal coordinates Simple standard

49.24966, -123.11934

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

49.2497° N 123.1193° W

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

49°14'58.8'' N 123°7'9.6'' W

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

10U 491315 5455217

Plus Code Open Location Code

84XR6VXJ+V7

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

c2b2nmehp

Latitude and longitude of Vancouver

System	Description	Lat. Latitude	Long. Longitude
Decimal standard	Numeric format used in software and APIs	49.24966	-123.11934
Decimal Degrees (DD)	Degrees with a decimal fraction and hemisphere	49.2497° N	123.1193° W
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS)	Classic sexagesimal notation used on maps	49°14'58.8'' N	123°7'9.6'' W
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM)	Used in navigation and nautical charting	49°14.98' N	123°7.16' W

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49.2497° N 123.1193° W

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Geographic facts about Vancouver

Distance to the equator 5,476 km (3,403 mi)

Distance to the Greenwich meridian 7,790 km (4,840 mi)

Distance to the North Pole 4,531 km (2,815 mi)

Distance to the South Pole 15,483 km (9,621 mi)

Elevation 70 m (230 ft)

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Vancouver lies near the same parallel as cities like Paris (France) and near the same meridian as cities like San Francisco (United States).

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About geographic coordinates

The geographic coordinate system enables any place in the world to be located using its latitude and longitude. The latitude is the position relative to the equator, specifying the north-south position. The longitude specifies the east-west position measured from a reference meridian (usually the Greenwich Prime Meridian). The latitude and longitude of Vancouver have been calculated based on the geodetic datum WGS84.

Besides latitude and longitude, there are other systems to express a location: UTM coordinates divide the world into 60 zones and express positions in meters; the Plus Code is an open short code used by Google Maps; and the geohash is a compact format widely used in software applications.

All formats correspond to the same reference point at the center of Vancouver: opened on a map, it may land on a specific street or spot downtown.

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