Get latitude and longitude based on city, zip or streetname

Question

In my current android application, I would like to get the geocordinates based on an entered city name, street name or zip code. How can I accomplish this?

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Answer 1

Hi,

There's a very nice site called the World Gazetteer that has the data you need, in a neat, downloadable file (by city name)

http://www.world-gazetteer.com/home.htm

From the main page, click on the link that says:

other statistics.....various statistics: tables, maps and downloadable data

and from the page that comes up, click on the link that says:

popdata (1.4 MB)

Unzip the file, and you got it!

The database is free master database of world cities which includes latitude, longitude, and population data...etc.

Got this from: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=432778