How to Get GPS Location Information from Address String with Swift and iOS CLGeocoder

You can use CLGeocoder geocodeAddressString method. It will return an array of CLPlacemark objects that contain gps coords and city, location info.

        let address = "Burlington, Vermont"
        CLGeocoder().geocodeAddressString(address, completionHandler: { placemarks, error in
            if (error != nil) {
                return
            }

            if let placemark = placemarks?[0]  {
                let lat = String(format: "%.04f", (placemark.location?.coordinate.longitude ?? 0.0)!)
                let lon = String(format: "%.04f", (placemark.location?.coordinate.latitude ?? 0.0)!)
                let name = placemark.name!
                let country = placemark.country!
                let region = placemark.administrativeArea!
              print("\(lat),\(lon)\n\(name),\(region) \(country)")
            }
        })
    }

To go the other way, from GPS coords use reverGeocodeLocation method

let lat = 12.000
let lon = 34.000
if let loc = CLLocation(latitude: lat, longitude: lon) as? CLLocation {
                CLGeocoder().reverseGeocodeLocation(loc, completionHandler: { (placemarks, error) in
                    if let placemark = placemarks?[0]  {
                        let lat = String(format: "%.04f", (placemark.location?.coordinate.longitude ?? 0.0)!)
                        let lon = String(format: "%.04f", (placemark.location?.coordinate.latitude ?? 0.0)!)
                        let name = placemark.name!
                        let country = placemark.country!
                        let region = placemark.administrativeArea!
                        print("\(lat),\(lon)\n\(name),\(region) \(country)")
                    }
                })

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