San Jose Geographic coordinates

San Jose is in California, United States, at latitude 37.33939 and longitude -121.89496. It lies in the northern and western hemispheres, near sea level.

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Decimal coordinates Simple standard

37.33939, -121.89496

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

37.3394° N 121.895° W

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

37°20'21.8'' N 121°53'41.9'' W

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

10S 597885 4133096

Plus Code Open Location Code

849W84Q4+Q2

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

9q9k6jqv9

Latitude and longitude of San Jose

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard 37.33939 -121.89496
Decimal Degrees (DD) 37.3394° N 121.895° W
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 37°20'21.8'' N 121°53'41.9'' W
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 37°20.363' N 121°53.698' W

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37.3394° N 121.895° W
San Jose, CA, United States Parallel and meridian of San Jose Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about San Jose

Distance to the equator 4,152 km (2,580 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 9,791 km (6,084 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 5,855 km (3,638 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 14,159 km (8,798 mi)
Elevation 23 m (75 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of San Jose

San Jose lies on the same parallel as cities like Seoul (South Korea) and near the same meridian as cities like Surrey (Canada).

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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 San Jose 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 San Jose: opened on a map, it may land on a specific street or spot downtown.

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