Finding latitude and longitude of a known place using api?

Question

Is there a way by which I can find latitude and longitude of a known place e.g. known city like Singapore, Kuala Lumpur / New York.

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score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 11 '13 at 18:36

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Geocoding

Check out: Google Geocoding API

answered Feb 11 '13 at 18:36

Jane Doh

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MrSmith42 · Answer 2 · 2013-02-11T18:42:34.240

Ask google.
e.g.

This http request:
http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=Singapore

returns:

{
  "name": "Singapore",
  "Status": {
    "code": 200,
    "request": "geocode"
  },
  "Placemark": [ {
    "id": "p1",
    "address": "Singapur",
    "AddressDetails": {
   "Accuracy" : 1,
   "Country" : {
      "CountryName" : "Singapur",
      "CountryNameCode" : "SG"
   }
},
    "ExtendedData": {
      "LatLonBox": {
        "north": 1.4708809,
        "south": 1.1663980,
        "east": 104.0856805,
        "west": 103.6056246
      }
    },
    "Point": {
      "coordinates": [ 103.8198360, 1.3520830, 0 ]
    }
  } ]
}

Finding latitude and longitude of a known place using api?

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