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Get Google Maps Coordinates from URL

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This function will parse out the Google Maps coordinates from a Google Maps link url like this one: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=43.068888,-87.978516&spn=23.565589,33.925781&t=h&z=5. The coordinates in this URL are 43.068888,-87.978516.

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  1. Public Function GetGeoCoords(ByVal inString As String) As String
  2.    Dim Chunks As String()
  3.    Dim outString As String = ""
  4.    Chunks = Regex.Split(inString, "&")
  5.    For Each s As String In Chunks
  6.       If InStr(s, "ll") > 0 Then outString = s
  7.    Next
  8.    Return Replace(Replace(outString, "sll=", ""), "ll=", "")
  9. End Function

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