How to convert an address to a latitude/longitude?

Question

How would I go about converting an address or city to a latitude/longitude? Are there commercial outfits I can \"rent\" this service from? This would be used in a commercial

Answer 1

Try with this code, i work like this with addresses:

It is link in which with GET method you will send request and get lat and lng. http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=YOUR ADDRES&sensor=false

For exemple: http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=W Main St, Bergenfield, NJ 07621&sensor=false

1. Create your GET method.

 public static String GET(String url) throws Exception {//GET Method
        String result = null;
        InputStream inputStream = null;
        try {
            HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
            HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet(url);

        Log.v("ExecuteGET: ", httpGet.getRequestLine().toString());

        HttpResponse httpResponse = httpclient.execute(httpGet);
        inputStream = httpResponse.getEntity().getContent();
        if (inputStream != null) {
            result = convertInputStreamToString(inputStream);
            Log.v("Result: ", "result\n" + result);
        } 
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return result;
}

2. Create method for send request

@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
    public static String getLatLng(String accessToken) throws Exception{
        String query=StaticString.gLobalGoogleUrl+"json?address="+URLEncoder.encode(accessToken)+"&sensor=false";
        Log.v("GETGoogleGeocoder", query+"");
        return GET(query);
    }

gLobalGoogleUrl="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/"

3. Call method getLatLng

String result=getLatLng("W Main St, Bergenfield, NJ 07621");

4. Parse JSONObject

Now result is JSONObject with information about address and lan,lng. Parse JSONObject (result) with gson(). After that use lat,lng.

If you have question about code , ask.