Is landmark the same as location?

No, landmark and location are not the same, though they are related concepts in geography and navigation, with distinct meanings. A location is a specific place or position where something is, defined by coordinates, address, or description, such as 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is a location, or latitude 40.7128 N, longitude 74.0060 W is location of New York City. Location is any place, whether notable or not, and answers the question where is it. A landmark is a prominent, recognizable, and often historically or culturally significant object or feature that stands out in a landscape and serves as a reference point for finding locations, such as Eiffel Tower is a landmark that helps identify location of Paris. Landmarks are special types of locations that are easily identifiable and memorable, while most locations are not landmarks. For example, your house has a location but is not generally considered a landmark unless it is historically significant. Landmarks help people find locations by providing orientation, such as the restaurant is located near the landmark clock tower. In digital mapping, location is a point on map, landmark is a point of interest that is notable. In figurative sense, landmark means important milestone event, while location means place. So landmark is a special, notable location that stands out and marks importance, while location is any place. All landmarks have locations, but not all locations are landmarks.