geocode.php

<?php
/**
 * Retorna dados sobre o endereço
 * 
 * @url http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/v3/reference.html#GeocoderRequest
 * 
 * @autor Anselmo Battisti (anselmobattisti@gmail.com)
 */

define("URL","http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=");

class Sistema_Geocode
{
	/**
	 * getGeocode
         *
	 * @param $endereco
         *
	 * @return Object
	 */
	public static function getGeocode($endereco){		

		$url = URL.urlencode(utf8_encode($endereco))."&sensor=true";

		$handle = fopen($url,"r");

		$contents = '';

		while (!feof($handle)) {
			$contents .= fread($handle, 8192);
		}

		fclose($handle);

		return json_decode($contents);
	}
}
?>