Loading a gmap immediately with a string address and not in latlng

Question

I want my Gmap will directly load from an address string and not a latlng . I know this is possible but I can't seem to figure it out. All the samples in the web load latlng as default and not address string .

Answer 1

if you have a complete address string then why dont you use google's Geocoder service to get lat lang then set the map co ordinates. this will ensure that your map will center the location given by string. Refer to Geocoding Service for geocoding.