Get Latitude And Longitude Javascript Function

GetLatLong.js

/*    Get the latitude and longitude from address:
      Author : Bastin Robins J
*/

//     Add the link to webpage
<script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?v=3.exp&sensor=false"></script>

//Function to covert address to Latitude and Longitude
var getLocation =  function(address) {
  var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
  geocoder.geocode( { 'address': address}, function(results, status) {

  if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
      var latitude = results[0].geometry.location.lat();
      var longitude = results[0].geometry.location.lng();
      console.log(latitude, longitude);
      } 
  }); 
}

//Call the function with address as parameter
getLocation('New York');

How can this be modified to get more precise results? This currently does not give me the closest result to what I get when I check it on maps.google.com explicitly.

Try using this instead:

var latitude = results[0].geometry.location.lat();
var longitude = results[0].geometry.location.lng();
It's bit hard to navigate Google's api but here is the relevant documentation.

One thing I had trouble finding was how to go in the other direction. From coordinates to an address. Here is the code I neded upp using. Please not that I also use jquery.

$.each(results[0].address_components, function(){
$("#CreateDialog").find('input[name="'+ this.types+'"]').attr('value', this.long_name);
});
What I'm doing is to loop through all the returned address_components and test if their types match any input element names I have in a form. And if they do I set the value of the element to the address_components value.