How do I do geocoding (NOT reverse geocoding) on iPhone?

Question

I am perplexed as to why there is an iPhone API for Reverse Geocoding (lat/long to address) but NOT for regular Geocoding (address to lat/long).

I want to be able to

Answer 1

Merrimack wrote an answer here with a useful example..

Forward geocoding from the iPhone

There is a nice blog post of him

http://blog.sallarp.com/ipad-iphone-forward-geocoding-api-google/

Answer 2

I had the same issue and wrote a geocoding class. http://web.me.com/andreas.bungert/erle_muss_sein/iPhone_Development/Einträge/2009/7/9_Geocoding_im_SDK.html

Best Regards

Answer 3

For those finding this question long after it was asked:

As brainjam notes, since iOS 5 Apple's CLGeocoder class supports forward-geocoding.

Answer 4

I am looking at the source code available from:

http://www.pragprog.com/screencasts/v-bdmapkit/using-the-map-kit

In what part the forward geocoding used?

Thanks