google maps api 3 - How can I get latitude, longitude of a location programmatically or using a api

Question

How can I get latitude from a city name like Florida how can I get the latitude and longitude from sending a JSON request to a Google map API.

Is there any way to do this?

I need a solution in JavaScript or jQuery through JSON.

Answer 1

Not sure what you mean when you say send json but you can do it with this function:

function getLatLong(address){
      var geo = new google.maps.Geocoder;

      geo.geocode({'address':address},function(results, status){
              if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
                return results[0].geometry.location;
              } else {
                alert("Geocode was not successful for the following reason: " + status);
              }

       });

  }

that will return an object which you can reference with .lat() and .lng() to get the latitude and longitude.