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Basic format for Google Maps geocoder API
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google maps geocoder.R
library(httr)
baseurl = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json"
res <- GET(baseurl, query=list(address = "1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA", key = Sys.getenv("GOOGLE_MAPS_KEY")))
content(res)$results[[1]]$address_components[[7]]$short_name
lat = content(res)$results[[1]]$geometry$location$lat
lng = content(res)$results[[1]]$geometry$location$lng
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