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

You want a geocoding application. These are available either online or as an application backend.

• Online applications:

  • Google has a geocoding API

• Backend applications:

  • GeoStan