Coursera - Get location code, lat long (could be used with google)
import urllib
import json
serviceurl = 'http://python-data.dr-chuck.net/geojson?'
while True:
address = raw_input('Enter location: ')
if len(address) < 1 : break
url = serviceurl + urllib.urlencode({'sensor':'false', 'address': address})
print 'Retrieving', url
uh = urllib.urlopen(url)
data = uh.read()
print 'Retrieved',len(data),'characters'
try: js = json.loads(str(data))
except: js = None
if 'status' not in js or js['status'] != 'OK':
print '==== Failure To Retrieve ===='
print data
continue
print json.dumps(js, indent=4)
location = js["results"][0]["place_id"]
print 'location',location