Determine a CLLocation from an address

iPhone SDK Tips & Tricks

-(CLLocationCoordinate2D) addressLocation {
   NSString *urlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=%@&output=csv",
                                          [addressField.text stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
   NSString *locationString = [NSString stringWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:urlString]];
   NSLog(@"locationString = %@",locationString);

   NSArray *listItems = [locationString componentsSeparatedByString:@","];

   double latitude = 0.0;
   double longitude = 0.0;
   if([listItems count] >= 4 && [[listItems objectAtIndex:0] isEqualToString:@"200"]) {
       latitude = [[listItems objectAtIndex:2] doubleValue];
       longitude = [[listItems objectAtIndex:3] doubleValue];
/*    
       NSString *nameString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://ws.geonames.org/findNearestAddress?lat=%f&lng=%f",latitude,longitude];
       NSString *placeName = [NSString stringWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:nameString]];
       NSLog(@"placeName = %@",placeName);
*/
   }
   else {
       //Show error
   }
   CLLocationCoordinate2D location;
   location.latitude = latitude;
   location.longitude = longitude;

   return location;

}