/**
* Retrieves the latitude and longitude of an address.
*
* @param string $address address
* @return array longitude, latitude
*/
public static function address_to_ll($address)
{
$lat = NULL;
$lon = NULL;
if ($xml = Gmap::address_to_xml($address)) {
// Get the latitude and longitude from the Google Maps XML
// NOTE: the order (lon, lat) is the correct order
list($lon, $lat) = explode(',', $xml->Response->Placemark->Point->coordinates);
}
return array($lat, $lon);
}