About GeoPinPoint

What GeoPinPoint is

GeoPinPoint is a small set of free, focused geolocation tools: converting an address into coordinates, converting coordinates back into an address, working out the distance and bearing between two points, and converting a whole list of addresses at once. There's no account to create, no dashboard to learn, and nothing saved between visits — each tool does one job, does it quickly, and gets out of the way.

Why it exists

Most geocoding is buried inside much bigger products — a mapping platform, a delivery-logistics suite, a CRM plugin — that ask for a sign-up and a credit card before they'll answer a single "what are the coordinates of this address?" question. GeoPinPoint was built to answer exactly that question, and the handful of related ones, without the overhead. If you need a coordinate pair, an address, a distance, or a batch of conversions right now, this site exists so you don't have to provision an API key or read integration docs to get it.

How it works

Behind the scenes, GeoPinPoint uses Google's Maps Geocoding API to resolve addresses and coordinates, and OpenStreetMap to draw the map tiles you see under each result. Requests to Google's API are routed through our own server-side proxy rather than sent directly from your browser, which keeps the API key private and lets us apply sensible rate limits — it also means nothing about your specific lookup is tied to an account, because there isn't one. The site itself runs on Cloudflare's network.

Who it's for

In practice, the people who use GeoPinPoint tend to be checking a delivery address before dispatch, plotting a venue or meeting point, working out how far apart two branches or sites are, cleaning up a spreadsheet of addresses that needs coordinates attached, or just curious what the exact latitude and longitude of somewhere is. See the How To guide for a walkthrough of each tool, or the blog for worked examples.

Keeping it free

Running geocoding lookups at scale isn't free on our end — every address lookup is a paid call to Google's API — so the site carries a small amount of advertising to cover that cost rather than putting the tools behind a paywall or a sign-up wall. If you run into a bug, hit a limit that doesn't make sense, or just want to get in touch, email hello@geopinpoint.co.uk.