//Latitud y Longitud dado el nombre geográfico (Google Geocode)

function getGeocode($place) {
   if (empty($place)) return false;
   $geocode = json_decode(getContent(\"http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=\".utf8_encode($place).\"&sensor=false\"), true);

   if($geocode[\"status\"] == \"OK\") {
      $location = $geocode[\"results\"][0][\"geometry\"][\"location\"];
      return array($location[\"lat\"],$location[\"lng\"]);
   } else {
      //not ok, error
      die(\"Error. Geocode status = \".$geocode[\"status\"].\"</br>\\n\");
   }
}