get latitude and longitude based on user entered place android
public GeoPoint getLocationFromAddress(String strAddress){
Geocoder coder = new Geocoder(this);
List<Address> address;
GeoPoint p1 = null;
try {
address = coder.getFromLocationName(strAddress,5);
if (address==null) {
return null;
}
Address location=address.get(0);
location.getLatitude();
location.getLongitude();
p1 = new GeoPoint((double) (location.getLatitude() * 1E6),
(double) (location.getLongitude() * 1E6));
return p1;
}
}