Получить координаты по заданному адресу

function getLatLong($address){
 if (!is_string($address))die("All Addresses must be passed as a string");
 $_url = sprintf('http://maps.google.com/maps?output=js&q=%s',rawurlencode($address));
 $_result = false;
 if($_result = file_get_contents($_url)) {
 if(strpos($_result,'errortips') > 1 || strpos($_result,'Did you mean:') !== false) return false;
 preg_match('!center:\s*{lat:\s*(-?\d+\.\d+),lng:\s*(-?\d+\.\d+)}!U', $_result, $_match);
 $_coords['lat'] = $_match[1];
 $_coords['long'] = $_match[2];
 }
 return $_coords;
 }