How to set pushpin location using City/State instead of coordinates?

Question

I see that it is required to use longitude and lattitude coordinates when determinging where to locate pushpins, however, In my case I need to be able to use an actual address.

I was wondering if there is a method I could use that could possible read the address I have entered through my applications user interface, find its coordinates, and automatically update those coordinates for the pushpins location?

Any kind of tips or help would be great.

Thanks!

Answer 1

You can use the REST geocoding service to get the coordinates of the address, as described here: http://alastaira.wordpress.com/2011/06/15/creating-a-bing-maps-v7-control-centred-on-an-address-rather-than-a-known-latitudelongitude/

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