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dave333 on 08/06/08

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Find the Latitude and Longitude of a ZIP/Postcode using Google

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Uses Google Maps API to find the latitude and longitude of a UK postcode (could easily be changed to US Zip Code by setting the URL to google.com).

I'm using file() here, but you might want to use curl..

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function GetLatLong($postcode){
  $myKey = 'Your_Google_API_Key_Here';
  $URL = "http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/geo?q=" . urlencode($postcode) . "&output=json&key=".$myKey;
 
  $data = file($URL);
  if($data){
    $data = json_decode($data[0]);
 
    $long = $data->Placemark[0]->Point->coordinates[0];
    $lat = $data->Placemark[0]->Point->coordinates[1];
 
    return array('Latitude'=>$lat,'Longitude'=>$long);
 
  }else return false;
 
}