how to get coordinates from street address

Question

I\'m working on windows phone 8 app, but i can\'t find, how to get coordinates form address. Problem is, i have my coordiantes, and i need to calculate distance between me

Answer 1

You have several options, the one i have use to accomplish this is using a web service, GOOGLE, BING, YAHOO ect.

on Bing (Cus is for windows phone) you need a key to access the maps api You can get the key at http://www.microsoft.com/maps/developers/mobile.aspx

once you have the key you can accese the WP7.1 SDK for BING or if that dont work for you, use the location api on the Rest Service http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff701715.aspx