how to get location(coordinates) from city name in iphone sdk?-Collection of common programming errors

• There is no geocoding API. You need to ask Google: http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=YOURADDRESS&sensor=true and parse the result using JSONKit.

  Something like this:

  -(CLLocation*) geocodeAddress:(NSString*) address {
  
      NSLog(@"Geocoding address: %@", address);
  
      // don't make requests faster than 0.5 seconds
      // Google may block/ban your requests if you abuse the service
      double pause = 0.5;
      NSDate *now = [NSDate date];
      NSTimeInterval elapsed = [now timeIntervalSinceDate:self.lastPetition];
      self.lastPetition = now;
      if (elapsed>0.0 && elapsed

Originally posted 2013-11-09 23:32:09.