To get latitude and longitude from user given location

Question

In my app the user gives the location name for eg: "New York". in the text field, app gives the location ie latitude & longitude of New York. Which method I should use . please help me. Thanks.

Answer 1

You can use this Google Geocoding API below,

http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=Winnetka&sensor=false

In the place of address=Winnetka you can write address= New York,

You will get the lat and long in the xml responce so just parse the output.

Enjoy!

Answer 2

您还可以使用Places Autocomplete API （可能会发现有用）。