Working with the Google Location API

Question

Forgive me for my ignorance, but after several hours of searching, I'm having little luck.

Anyway, I am attempting to write a small desktop application that will allow a user to enter an address and then have their approximate location returned in GPS coordinates. From what I can tell, Google provides a geocoding API[1] that allows requests in the following form:

http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/output?parameters

While I'm familiar with writing basic C Sharp applications, I really have no idea where to start when it comes to interfacing with this API. Any help that you guys could provide would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Fully documented .NET library -

Google Maps Web Services API wrapper for .NET https://github.com/maximn/google-maps/

//Directions
DirectionsRequest directionsRequest = new DirectionsRequest()
{
        Origin = "NYC, 5th and 39",
        Destination = "Philladephia, Chesnut and Wallnut",
};

        DirectionsResponse directions = MapsAPI.GetDirections(directionsRequest);

//Geocode
GeocodingRequest geocodeRequest = new GeocodingRequest()
{
        Address = "new york city",
};


GeocodingResponse geocode = MapsAPI.GetGeocode(geocodeRequest);

Console.WriteLine(geocode);

//Elevation
ElevationRequest elevationRequest = new ElevationRequest()
{
        Locations = new Location[] { new Location(54, 78) },
};


ElevationResponse elevation = MapsAPI.GetElevation(elevationRequest);

Console.WriteLine(elevation);