Use field Addres to get a geopoint

[kylefelipe]

Hi, i have a form with a question “address” and “insert point”, its is possible to use “address” to get the geopoint?
thx

[Kal_Lam]

@kylefelipe, are you referring to this post discussed previously?

How to collect street name based on Geopoint?

Converting GPS coordinates to a (street) address is called reverse geocoding. This is technically quite feasible, and there are a number of websites that will do it, eg Reverse Geocoding Tool Convert Lat Long to Address. However, this feature is typically not available on (free) mobile apps because (a) it requires a live network connection to (b) a dedicated geo server running the necessary service and geo-database! So you will find that any 3rd-party websites offering an API to perform reverse…

[kylefelipe]

@Kal_Lam thx for your reply.
My idea is to use the address (endereço) to fill the geopoint widget and find a place