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mjevans

Have you tried E.G.

for Google Maps

you click on a point and hold it until a pin forms

In the pin popup there's the GPS co-ordinates

Click the GPS again and it loads the point not as decimal GPS but...

47°26'46.8"N 122°17'51.4"W For KSEA Seattle International Airport's departure's drive

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I have never seen a business accept GPS coordinates instead of the actual home address, for booking at-home services.

Grab (the South East Asian Uber) lets you place the pin.

I did just that when I grew tired of delivery drivers entering the wrong gate because the address’ pin was closer to the other side of my corner.

It's somewhat common in certain countries, e.g. Mongolian addresses are now given using what3words coordinates, which are just GPS coordinates with proprietary sugarcoating.

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