google maps from address to latlng

README.md

Geocoder

The function converts an address that a user enters to geocode aka lat/lng.

The results stored in a variable to later use in a application sense.

geoConverter.js

  geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
  function encodeAddress() {
    //get value from input
    var address = document.getElementById("address").value;

    geocoder.geocode( { 'address': address}, function(results, status) {
      if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
        // lat and longitude stored in variable encoded
        var encoded = results[0].geometry.location;
        
      } else {
        // log the results incase it didnt work and show why..
        console.log("Geocode was not successful for the following reason: " + status);
      }
    });
  }