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Location QR Code Generator

Drop a pin that opens in the map app the person already uses.

  • Free, with no account
  • Static — it never expires
  • Encoded on your device

Google Maps is the safe default for a mixed audience.

-90 to 90

-180 to 180

Optional. Turns a bare pin into a named destination.

Getting exact coordinates

  • Desktop: right-click the spot in Google Maps — the coordinates are at the top of the menu.
  • Phone: long-press to drop a pin, then read them from the card that appears.
  • Aim at the entrance people use, not the centre of the roof.
Only non-personal fields go into the link.

Export

SVG has no resolution at all — it is the right choice for anything that will be printed.

Appearance & encoding

Higher levels survive damage and allow a bigger logo, but make the symbol denser.

The specification requires 4. Below that, decoders often fail to find the symbol at all.

Centre logo

PNG, JPG, SVG or WebP up to 512 KB. The file is read in this tab and never uploaded.

The safe maximum depends on the symbol size, not just the error-correction level — the check below works it out for the code you actually have.

Print readiness

Generate a code to see its minimum printed size.

What is actually encoded

The three formats, and who supports them

FormatPayloadSupport
Google Maps https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=35.71,139.79 iOS, Android, desktop. Opens the app if installed, the web map otherwise.
geo: geo:35.71476,139.79665?q=... Android only. Hands off to whichever map app the person prefers.
Apple Maps https://maps.apple.com/?ll=35.71,139.79 iOS opens Apple Maps. Everyone else gets a web map.

The geo: scheme is the only genuine standard here, and it is the one with the worst coverage. That is an awkward fact, but printing a standards-compliant code that silently fails on every iPhone is worse than printing a Google link that works.

A weatherproof sign staked in grass at a festival site showing a QR Code labelled North Gate
Coordinates beat addresses wherever the address does not exist yet — a field, a trailhead, a site under construction.

Where a location code earns its place

  • Festivals and temporary sites. A field has no street number. Coordinates do.
  • Deliveries to an awkward entrance. The loading bay, not the front door Maps insists on.
  • Trailheads and car parks. Where the address is “the second gate past the farm”.
  • Wedding and event invitations. A pin on the card removes an entire category of phone call on the day.
  • Property boards. The plot, not the estate agent's office.

Print the address as well

Coordinates are precise and completely unreadable to a human. A code for the phone plus a line of plain address for the person is the combination that works — particularly when someone is reading your sign with no signal.

Limits worth knowing

  • A map app is required. Rare on a phone, but a locked-down work device may have none.
  • Navigation needs a signal. The pin opens offline; turn-by-turn directions generally do not.
  • Nothing is checked. We do not look the coordinates up. Scan the code and confirm the pin lands where you meant.
  • Precision costs characters. Seven decimal places make the symbol denser and the destination no more findable.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Which format should I choose?
Google Maps if you do not control which phones will scan it — it opens on every platform and falls back to the web. geo: if your audience is Android and you want their chosen map app to handle it. Apple Maps only for an iPhone-heavy audience. When in doubt, Google Maps.
Why does geo: not work on my iPhone?
iOS has never registered a handler for the geo: scheme. Android does, which is why geo: looks like the “standard” choice and then fails on half your visitors. It is a real standard — RFC 5870 — with incomplete support.
Where do I get the coordinates?
In Google Maps, right-click the exact spot on desktop and the coordinates appear at the top of the menu; click to copy. On a phone, long-press to drop a pin and read them from the card that slides up. Pick the spot people should actually walk to, not the centre of the building.
How many decimal places do I need?
Five is plenty. The fifth decimal place is about one metre, the sixth about ten centimetres. Extra digits only make the payload longer, and a longer payload means a denser symbol for no navigational benefit.
Should I encode an address instead of coordinates?
Coordinates are unambiguous and shorter. An address depends on geocoding, which is exactly what goes wrong at a festival field, a trailhead or a new development that Maps has not indexed. Coordinates point at the spot regardless.
Can I add a name to the pin?
Yes. The label field adds a name so the map shows “North Gate” rather than a bare pin. It is supported in all three formats, and it makes the destination legible to someone arriving in the dark.

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