Get Longitude/Latitude from Address.

@miiikkeyyyy I wouldn’t do any geocoding in a controller, as if the geocoding service takes a long time to load, is down etc, then you’re putting that on the user. Instead, I do it in a queued job, which can keep re-trying if geocoding isn’t successful for whatever reason.

In the past, I’ve had an interface that mandates two methods:

interface Geocodable
{
    public function getAddressString();
    public function setCoordinates($latitude, $longitude);
}

I then apply this to whatever model I want to be “geocodable”:

class Venue extends Model implements Geocodable
{
    public function getAddressString()
    {
        return sprintf('%s, %s', $this->hometown, $this->country);
    }

    public function setCoordinates($latitude, $longitude)
    {
        return $this->update(compact('latitude', 'longitude'));
    }
}

Then when a model is created, I’ll dispatch a job:

class VenueController extends Controller
{
    public function store(Request $request)
    {
        $venue = Venue::create($request->all());

        $this->dispatch(new GeocodeAddress($venue));

        // Set flash message and redirect
    }
}

The job itself looks like this:

class GeocodeAddress extends Job implements SelfHandling, ShouldQueue
{
    use InteractsWithQueue, SerializesModels;

    public $model;

    public function __construct(Geocodable $model)
    {
        $this->model = $model;
    }

    public function handle()
    {
        $result = Geocoder::geocode($this->model->getAddressString());

        $this->model->setCoordinates($result->getLatitude(), $result->getLongitude());
    }
}

As you can see, the Geocodable contract makes sure the methods are available in the job class.

You also probably want to use the https://github.com/geocoder-php/GeocoderLaravel package for actually geocoding address strings.

I just glanced over the documentation, and found this:

"Geotools is built atop Geocoder. It means it's possible to use the \Geocoder\Model\Address directly but it's also possible to use a string     or a simple array with its latitude and longitude."

Maybe this:

// from an \Geocoder\Model\Address instance within Airy ellipsoid
$coordinate = new Coordinate($geocoderResult, Ellipsoid::createFromName(Ellipsoid::AIRY));