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How does geocoding let you convert between a genuine human readable street address and its own corresponding precise latitude and longitude coordinates, and what package genuinely provides this particular specific capability?

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Answer

Geocoding converts a genuine human readable street address, such as one hundred twenty three Main Street, into its own corresponding precise latitude and longitude coordinates, while reverse geocoding performs the exact opposite genuine conversion, taking a specific given latitude and longitude coordinate pair and returning its own corresponding human readable address, and the geocoding package provides both of these particular capabilities, letting your app properly convert between whichever particular specific format is genuinely actually needed for a given particular situation, such as letting a user type in a genuine address and then properly placing a corresponding marker at its own correct precise map location.
final locations = await locationFromAddress('1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA');
print('${locations.first.latitude}, ${locations.first.longitude}');
Real-world example A store locator app lets a user type in their own genuine home address, then uses geocoding to properly convert that entered address into its own precise corresponding coordinates, correctly and accurately centering the map directly on their own actual specific location.

Common follow-ups: What genuinely happens if a given address entered by a user is actually genuinely ambiguous or simply does not exist at all?;How do you actually properly implement reverse geocoding to convert a tapped map location back into its own corresponding readable address?