# Places: Sort by options ... by Latitude and/or Longitude **URL:** \ **Category:** RootsMagic\ **Tags:** feature-request\ **Created:** [July 2, 2026, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/places-sort-by-options-by-latitude-and-or-longitude/15939 "2026-07-02T20:24:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KimberlyGreen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/kimberlygreen/32/1640_2.png) [@KimberlyGreen](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/KimberlyGreen)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/places-sort-by-options-by-latitude-and-or-longitude/15939/1 "2026-07-02T20:24:47Z")
May I please ask for the option to sort Places by latitude, longitude or both? They seem to sort only alphanumerically by Name at present. That means a place with a street address won’t sort near its similar places. Lat & long sorting would be useful for getting all related Places to group next to each other. Thank ya 🫡 ---
**Author:** ![thejerrybryan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/thejerrybryan/32/404_2.png) [@thejerrybryan](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/thejerrybryan)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 10:28pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/places-sort-by-options-by-latitude-and-or-longitude/15939/2 "2026-07-02T22:28:25Z")
The Place List will probably sort in the order you desire if you display it using the **Reverse Places** option. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/rootsmagic/original/2X/7/76abfce6f4cff5435e8fde2d2bfe3257cd5eefd3.png) ---
**Author:** ![kbens0n](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/kbens0n/32/80_2.png) [@kbens0n](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/kbens0n)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 10:42pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/places-sort-by-options-by-latitude-and-or-longitude/15939/3 "2026-07-02T22:42:30Z")
The crude “workaround”, in the meantime, would be that Place List option under Places\>Tools or under Publish\>Reports and Charts\>Place List that offers a placename or lat/long to reference the miles of coverage area. ![Screenshot 2026-07-02 183909](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/rootsmagic/original/2X/6/64cacc2fe9b3abc159660fb4c890a3c09ddc4a47.png) ---
**Author:** ![KimberlyGreen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/kimberlygreen/32/1640_2.png) [@KimberlyGreen](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/KimberlyGreen)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 11:18pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/places-sort-by-options-by-latitude-and-or-longitude/15939/4 "2026-07-02T23:18:15Z")
Thanks Jerry. I do know about the Reverse option. Still there are cases where lat & long sorting would be useful for me. For example, I have some ancestors that lived in the same place over a span of time, but the geographic borders or placenames themselves changed. For example, present day Bethel, Oxford County, Maine. Three generations of ancestors lived &/or were born in the same exact farmhouse. But the location went from Bethel, York County, Massachusetts, to Bethel, York County, Maine, to Bethel, Oxford County, Maine. It’d be great to sort in a way that all those clustered together based solely on their lat & long, which they won’t do just by Place or Reverse Place. ---
**Author:** ![kevync1985](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3be4f8/32.png) [@kevync1985](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/kevync1985)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/places-sort-by-options-by-latitude-and-or-longitude/15939/5 "2026-07-02T23:46:27Z")
There are external tools but within RM UI limited My PBI connect read only directly ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/rootsmagic/original/2X/0/0d5623c9daff25addf3f6626dd0078fe3b5652bb.png) ---
**Author:** ![rzamor1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/rzamor1/32/8_2.png) [@rzamor1](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/rzamor1)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/places-sort-by-options-by-latitude-and-or-longitude/15939/6 "2026-07-03T17:41:12Z")
Confirming the request to sort by Latitude and Longitude has been reported to development. ---
**Author:** ![KimberlyGreen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/kimberlygreen/32/1640_2.png) [@KimberlyGreen](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/KimberlyGreen)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/places-sort-by-options-by-latitude-and-or-longitude/15939/7 "2026-07-03T18:07:20Z")
Thank you Renee … and happy 250th Independence Day! ---
**Author:** ![kevync1985](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3be4f8/32.png) [@kevync1985](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/kevync1985)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2026, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/places-sort-by-options-by-latitude-and-or-longitude/15939/8 "2026-09-16T16:25:34Z")
adding to this topic – I notice that I have many duplicate GPS coord that are not duplicate place names (Some Saint vs St.) This would make it easier to find and not use external tools which I currently do now. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/rootsmagic/original/2X/7/773c4b606f9f05716dba74b3ff87e4f55732ebc8.png) ---
**Author:** ![kbens0n](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/kbens0n/32/80_2.png) [@kbens0n](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/kbens0n)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/places-sort-by-options-by-latitude-and-or-longitude/15939/9 "2026-09-16T16:55:40Z")
The file types available for saving a Place List need the added options that other reports have: ![Screenshot 2026-09-16 125456](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/rootsmagic/original/2X/0/09d6b71368ee40e9869a2fb3fe83520ecfc89f05.png) ![Screenshot 2026-09-16 125120](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/rootsmagic/original/2X/6/6ae6664d8e13473ac155babc1391466152db6a25.png)