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To extract the information you can use Perl (or any other language) to send the query and
then use a suitable regular expression on the returned data to extract the latitude and longitude
information required. The key you are looking for in this case is the GLatLngfragment in the
response:
map.setCenter(new GLatLng(40.714167, -74.006389), zoom);
Extracting that information with a regular expression is comparatively straightforward.
A simple script (using Perl) to perform the necessary steps is shown in Listing 6-3.
Listing 6-3:Using Google to Geocode Information#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use LWP::UserAgent;
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