title: Google Map longitude and latitude
body: <p>I'm trying to give a mark over a certain place in Google Map.
  However I feel that the marker of the Google Map is not accurate.</p>
  
  <p>For example, let's try put White House using Marker in Google Map.
  Based on Google Earth, White House is in  38°53'51.54"N and  77° 2'8.40"W.</p>
  
  <p>I convert it to latitude 38.535154 and longitude -77.2840</p>
  
  <p>So I created this code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>var company = new google.maps.LatLng(38.535154,  -77.2840);
    var marker;
    var map;
  
    function initialize() {
      var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(38.535154,  -77.2840);
      var myOptions = {
        zoom: 8,
        center: latlng,
        mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
      };
      var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"),
          myOptions);
  
      marker = new google.maps.Marker({
          map:map,
          draggable:true,
          animation: google.maps.Animation.DROP,
          position: company
        });
        google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', toggleBounce);
  
    }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, after I open my browser, my marker is in South West of Washington.
  <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/TNa7z.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>So my questions are :</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li><p>Is Google Maps latitude &amp; longitude is a bit off ( not in sync with
  Google Earth ) or is there anything wrong with my conversion or my
  code ?</p></li>
  <li><p>If let say the Google Earth Long &amp; Lat is the wrong one, is there a
  way to know longitude and latitude directly from Google Map?</p></li>
  </ol>