Operation: Geocode

With the operation Geocode all geographical information for an address (street, country/state, nation, coordinates etc.) can be retrieved.

Input

For the operation Geocode the adapter expects an input XML structure with the following pattern containing a complete address (for incomplete addresses the request may not be unambiguous):

<Geocode>
   <Address>
      <Street><!--Street and house number--></Street>
      <ZIP><!--ZIP code--></ZIP>
      <City><!--Place--></City>
      <Country><!--Country--></Country>
   </Address>
</Geocode>

Output

For the operation Geocode an XML or JSON document will be output that contains the geographical information (street, country/state, nation, coordinates etc.) for the requested address according to http://code.google.com/intl/en/apis/maps/documentation/geocoding/#XML.