public static void SetGeographicalLocation(Address address)
{
Contract.Requires(address != null);
var rooturl = "http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?address=";
var tailurl = "&sensor=false";
var appendedString = new StringBuilder();
if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(address.StreetAddress))
{
appendedString.Append(address.StreetAddress.Trim().Replace(" ", " ").Replace(" ", "+"));
}
CleanAndAppendAddressPart(appendedString, address.Suburb);
CleanAndAppendAddressPart(appendedString, address.City);
CleanAndAppendAddressPart(appendedString, address.Provence);
CleanAndAppendAddressPart(appendedString, address.PostCode);
CleanAndAppendAddressPart(appendedString, address.Country);
appendedString.Insert(0, rooturl);
appendedString.Append(tailurl);
var url = appendedString.ToString();
var xmldata = XDocument.Load(url);
var response = xmldata.Element("GeocodeResponse");
if (response.Element("status").Value.ToUpperInvariant() != "OK")
return;
var location = response.Element("result").Element("geometry").Element("location");
var latitude = decimal.Parse(location.Element("lat").Value);
var longitude = decimal.Parse(location.Element("lng").Value);
address.AddEstimatedGeoLocation(latitude, longitude);
//$lat = $xmldata.GeocodeResponse.result.geometry.location.lat
//$lng = $xmldata.GeocodeResponse.result.geometry.location.lng
//return @{ "Lat" = $lat; "Long" = $lng; "StreetAddress" = $StreetAddress; "City" = $City; "State" = $State; "Zip" = $Zip}
}