How to get longitude and latitude of any address

Question

Hello what is the formulla to get longitude and latitude of any address   if i have street name State name City name Country name and zip code in PHP  Thanks

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PHP has some nice built in functions for getting geographic location. Maybe have a look here: http://php.net/manual/en/ref.geoip.php

According to php manual, "This extension requires the GeoIP C library version 1.4.0 or higher to be installed. You can grab the latest version from » http://www.maxmind.com/app/c and compile it yourself."

User · Answer

You need to access a geocoding service  i e  from Google   there is no simple formula to transfer addresses to geo coordinates

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You can use the Google Maps API for that   See the blog post below for more information   http   stuff nekhbet ro 2008 12 12 how-to-get-coordinates-for-a-given-address-using-php html

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lt  php  address    BTM 2nd Stage  Bengaluru  Karnataka 560076      Address  apiKey    api-key      Google maps now requires an API key     Get JSON results from this request  geo   file get contents  https   maps googleapis com maps api geocode json address   urlencode  address    amp sensor false amp key    apiKey    geo   json decode  geo  true      Convert the JSON to an array  if  isset  geo  status     amp  amp    geo  status       OK         latitude    geo  results   0   geometry    location    lat       Latitude    longitude    geo  results   0   geometry    location    lng       Longitude     gt

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Use the following code for getting lat and long using php  Here are two methods   Type-1        lt  php         Get lat and long by address                   address    dlocation     Google HQ          prepAddr   str replace          address            geocode file get contents  https   maps google com maps api geocode json address    prepAddr   amp sensor false             output  json decode  geocode            latitude    output- gt results 0 - gt geometry- gt location- gt lat           longitude    output- gt results 0 - gt geometry- gt location- gt lng     gt    edit - Google Maps requests must be over https   Type-2    lt script src  https   maps googleapis com maps api js v 3 exp amp sensor false  gt  lt  script gt        lt script gt        var geocoder        var map        function initialize             geocoder   new google maps Geocoder             var latlng   new google maps LatLng 50 804400  -1 147250           var mapOptions              zoom  6           center  latlng                    map   new google maps Map document getElementById  map-canvas12    mapOptions                     function codeAddress address tutorname url distance prise postcode           var address   address           geocoder geocode     address   address   function results  status             if  status    google maps GeocoderStatus OK              map setCenter results 0  geometry location              var marker   new google maps Marker             map  map            position  results 0  geometry location                  var infowindow   new google maps InfoWindow            content   Tutor Name    tutorname   lt br gt Price Guide    prise   lt br gt Distance    distance   Miles from you   postcode    lt br gt   lt a href    url    target  blank  gt View Tutor profile lt  a gt                       infowindow open map marker                  else             alert  Geocode was not successful for the following reason      status                                         google maps event addDomListener window   load   initialize         window onload   function          initialize             your code here        lt  php foreach  addr as  add              gt        codeAddress   lt  php echo  add  address      gt     lt  php echo  add  tutorname      gt     lt  php echo  add  url      gt     lt  php echo  add  distance      gt     lt  php echo  add  prise      gt     lt  php echo substr   postcode1 0 4     gt            lt  php     gt                lt  script gt         lt div id  map-canvas12  gt  lt  div gt

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I came up with the following which takes account of rubbish passed in and file get contents failing      function get lonlat    addr          try                coordinates    file get contents  http   maps googleapis com maps api geocode json address     urlencode  addr      amp sensor true                 e json decode  coordinates                  call to google api failed so has ZERO RESULTS -- i e  rubbish address                if   isset  e- gt status     if    e- gt status     ZERO RESULTS     echo  1     err res true    else  echo  2     err res false      else   echo  3     err res false                    coordinates is false if file get contents has failed so create a blank array with Longitude Latitude              if    coordinates    false        err res     true                       a   array   lat   gt 0  lng   gt 0                    coordinates    new stdClass                    foreach     a  as  key   gt   value                                         coordinates- gt  key    value                                  else                      call to google ok so just return longitude latitude                   coordinates    e                    coordinates      coordinates- gt results 0 - gt geometry- gt location                             return  coordinates            catch  Exception  e            then to get the cords  where  pc is the postcode or address                      address   get lonlat    pc                      l1      address- lat                   l2      address- lng

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There is no forumula  as street names and cities are essentially handed out randomly  The address needs to be looked up in a database  Alternatively  you can look up a zip code in a database for the region that the zip code is for   You didn t mention a country  so I m going to assume you just want addresses in the USA  There are numerous databases you can use  some free  some not   You can also use the Google Maps API to have them look up an address in their database for you  That is probably the easiest solution  but requires your application to have a working internet connection at all times

[php] How to get longitude and latitude of any address?

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