In what format should I enter the coordinates?

‘latitude, longitude’, e.g. ‘23.79762, 90.42226’. In Bangladesh the first number is usually between 20 and 27 and the second between 88 and 93. Bangla digits work too.

What does the location link add to the PDF?

QR codes for the house location and the full route in Google Maps. Anyone at the embassy can scan one with a phone and the house opens in Google Maps.

I cannot find the house on Google Maps. What now?

Search for a nearby bazar, school or mosque, switch on the satellite view and follow the road to the house. Or ask someone at the house to send you the location.

How to copy your home location from Google Maps

Written by the Sketch Map Maker team · Last updated: 14 November 2026

In short

In the Google Maps app, press and hold on your house until a red pin drops. Two numbers such as ‘23.79762, 90.42226’ (the coordinates) appear in the search box or the card at the bottom. Copy them and paste them into the ‘Paste a Google Maps link’ field of Sketch Map Maker. The short maps.app.goo.gl link from ‘Share’ cannot be read: open it in a browser and copy the full link from the address bar, or set the pin on the map yourself.

Copy the coordinates on an Android phone

Open Google Maps
Find the place of the house; zoom in if needed.
Press and hold
Hold your finger on the house for a second or two until a red pin drops.
Copy the two numbers
The coordinates show in the search box at the top. Tap them, or copy them from the card at the bottom.
Paste into the tool
Paste them into ‘Paste a Google Maps link’ on the address step and the pin is set for you.

Copy the coordinates on an iPhone

Drop a pin
In Google Maps, press and hold on the house; ‘Dropped pin’ appears.
Swipe the card up
Pull the card at the bottom up to see the coordinates.
Copy and paste
Tap the coordinates to copy them, then paste them into the tool.

Why maps.app.goo.gl short links do not work

The ‘Share’ button in Google Maps usually gives a short link like maps.app.goo.gl/…. That link does not contain the location numbers, so the tool cannot read it. There are three easy ways around it:

Copy the coordinates directly as shown above (easiest).
Open the short link in a browser, then copy the full long link from the address bar.
Set the pin on the house yourself in the tool's map step.

House far away? Ask a family member to send the location

If you are in Dhaka and the house is in the village, ask someone at home to stand in the yard, open Google Maps, press and hold on their own location (the blue dot), copy the coordinates and send them to you in a message. Paste those numbers into the tool and the pin lands exactly on the house.

The location stays in your browser. When the PDF is made it goes to the server for a moment and is discarded right away; it is never stored.