Location Services

iPhones have been tracking your movement for some time now (if you have Location Services turned on). You can see all the places you have visited recently, including duration of your stay. You can view this in list form or see it on a map. Head to Settings -> Privacy -> Location Services -> System Services -> Frequent Locations. Here you can toggle Frequent Locations on/off and see a list of locations. Click on a location to see it on a map with greater detail, including how many visits you've made and for what duration.

It might seem like GPS coordinates can be added to a contact on the iPhone, after all when tapping a pin in the Maps app iOS provides the option. The reality is that Contacts only supports storing addresses, not latitude and longitude coordinates. The location that's actually stored in the Contacts app will not be accurate unless the GPS coordinates can be associated with an address.

To look up a specific location using your iPhone, only the latitude and longitude coordinates are needed. If you don't have an address for a place, you can enter the GPS coordinates directly into the Maps location and the location will be displayed.

1. Open the Maps app.
2. Tap Search at the bottom of the screen.
3. Enter the latitude and longitude coordinates in the search bar.
4. Coordinates can be in decimal degree format or degrees, minutes, seconds.

Here are examples of properly formatted coordinates:

You can use your iPhone's built in GPS to display the latitude and longitude coordinates of your current location. Follow these steps to find your location coordinates in degrees, minutes and seconds:

1. Make sure that Location Services is ON. Navigate to Settings -> Location Services -> ON
2. In the list of apps under Location Services, make sure Compass is ON
3. Press the Home button to exit Settings
4. Open the Compass app

Your current GPS coordinates are displayed at the bottom of the screen.