Confused - How to get the geocode for an address (Google Maps)

I create a small web app, the user add his address and I want to show the map for his address.开发者_运维问答 Is there a way to get the latitude and longitude for an address? with Google Maps.

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Or you could use the geocoding service from google maps: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/services.html#Geocoding

Here's a simple example for it: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/geocoding-simple.html

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Yes there is. It is called geocoding. Here is Google's API: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/geocoding/