# \[Solved\] OnPress MAP coordinates

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-onpress-map-coordinates/425200>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** solved\
**Created:** [January 24, 2020, 10:35am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-onpress-map-coordinates/425200 "2020-01-24T10:35:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Luc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9dc877/32.png) [@Luc](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Luc)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 10:35am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-onpress-map-coordinates/425200/1 "2020-01-24T10:35:51Z")

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I need the lat/lng of the OnPress map position but I Always get the mapcenter coordinates. Any way to accomplish that?

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**Author:** ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 9:51am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-onpress-map-coordinates/425200/2 "2020-02-28T09:51:07Z")

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Hey @Luc,

We have an example of how to do this in this tutorial:

> [@Cartographr: How to work with the Map Component](http://community.thunkable.com/t/cartographr-how-to-work-with-the-map-component/230549):
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> Click to Add Markers One request we hear from Thunkers is the ability to tap on the map component and then add a marker to the location that was just tapped. In this first example we’ll learn how to do just that. Map1.onPress This is the event we need to understand to make everything work. The onPress event has two outputs, coordinate and position - but other than the names of these outputs we don’t know much more about them. Since coordinate seems like the most promising, let’s take a closer l…

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 11:40am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-onpress-map-coordinates/425200/3 "2024-11-08T11:40:43Z")

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