How to convert a city/state to a geo location (lat/long) using bing?

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In what language / environment? – SLaks May 07 '10 at 15:45 — SLaks, May 07 '10 at 15:45

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered May 07 '10 at 16:09

This example uses Yahoo's API but gets the job done for me. Will work if you just submit a zipcode or city,state. I use a dataset because I'm addicted to them.

private void YahooParseLatLon(string address_)
{
HttpWebRequest feed =
HttpWebRequest.Create("http://local.yahooapis.com/MapsService/V1/geocode?
appid=YOUR_APID&street=" + address_) as HttpWebRequest;

WebResponse feedresponse = default(WebResponse);
feedresponse = feed.GetResponse();
DataSet data = new DataSet();
data.ReadXml(feedresponse.GetResponseStream());
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(data.Tables(0).Rows(0).Item("Address"))) {
//process lat lon values
string lat = data.Tables(0).Rows(0).Item("Latitude");
string lon = data.Tables(0).Rows(0).Item("Longitude");
}
else {
//process no address found
}
data.Dispose();
feedresponse = null;
feed = null;
}

I use this to collect lat/lon for addresses on new orders placed in my company's system. I then use this data to populate a map integrated into a scheduling application for our field agents.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 06 '13 at 06:00

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Here is a complete tutorial on MSDN to do what you are looking for.

Note you want to make sure you are linking to 7.0 and NOT 6.3.

answered Jul 06 '13 at 06:00

clamchoda

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 08 '11 at 18:18

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I've found a geotag generator use can use.

answered Feb 08 '11 at 18:18

Anonymous

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page not fount /404 – fcm Jan 02 '19 at 21:43

How to convert a city/state to a geo location (lat/long) using bing?

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