Drupal 7: Get location object by address string.

geocoder.module

<?php
/**
 * Get location object by address string.
 *
 * @param string $location
 *
 * @return array
 *
 * @dependencies geocoder module. 
 */
function wj_users_fboauth_get_location($location = '') {
  $point = geocoder('google', $location);
  $output = array();

  foreach ($point->data['geocoder_address_components'] as $component) {
    if ($component->types[0] == 'locality') {
      $output['city'] = array(
        'name' => $component->long_name,
      );

      continue;
    }

    if ($component->types[0] == 'country') {
      $output['country'] = array(
        'name' => $component->long_name,
        'iso2' => $component->short_name,
      );
      continue;
    }
  }

  return $output;
}