Here's a bit of fun.........

click on the link...........use the hand symbol cursor and slide it as far as possible to minus on the slide.

You should have a map of the planet.

Put the hand over your area and then move the slide up towards positive.

You can switch from map to satellite image. Wherever you click you will get your coordinates expressed as latitude and longitude. Imagine what the world would be like today if say Christopher Columbus had one of these in his Captains locker! Those guys couldn't even tell the time in those days but still managed to get about the planet...........and get home.

here's the link......... 

http://www.naffis.com/maphacks/latandlon.html

Have fun