Get Latitude and Longitude from given address using Bing Silverlight Map Control

Question

Hi,

I'm using Bing Silverlight Map control which is placed in a registration Page, in that user enter Address,city,state,zipcode in the given textboxes.
When user enters these details and the at the time of zipcode text box leave event, How should we find Latitude & Logitude according to the address detail entered and map should pin point the location automatically.

 

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Christopher

Answer 1

You can determine your geographic location by browsing to http://www.bing.com/maps, set your location, and then copy the Latitude and Longitude coordinates from the address bar.

see the following example

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/gg266446

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Answer 2

You can use the Location service to get the Lat and Long based on a adress

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff701714.aspx

 

 

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