How to get latitude/longitude based on entered address in android?

Question

I wanna draw a route on the basis of the entered source & destination address. I need to get lat/log on the basis of address to draw a map in android. So how can i get lat/log on the basis of entered address.

 Geocoder geoCoder = new Geocoder( getBaseContext(), Locale.getDefault());
 try {
     List<Address> addresses = geoCoder.getFromLocationName("Loc",1);
     String add = "";
     if (addresses.size() > 0) 
     {
         add = addresses.get(0);
     }

     Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), add, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
 } catch (IOException e) {                
     Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), e.getMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
 }

Answer 1

Use the Google Geocoding API to get coordinates for an address: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/services.html#Geocoding