A .NET API for the Google Maps Geocoder

public static string GetXml(string address, string key)
{
    string url = string.Format("https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?address={0}&key={1}", HttpUtility.UrlEncode(address), key);

    HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
    using (Stream stream = request.GetResponse().GetResponseStream())
    {
        using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream))
        {
            return reader.ReadToEnd();
        }
    }
}

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

/// <summary>
/// char array used as first argument to Split
/// </summary>
private static char[] splitChar = { ',' };

/// <summary>
/// regex to match for zero
/// </summary>
private static Regex zero = new Regex(@" *0+ *");

/// <summary>
/// Takes point from google containing coordinates in a string and returns point objects with lat/lng separated out.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="point">Google placemark point.</param>
/// <returns>Point containing coordinates. Lat/Lng are set to min double value on parse errors.</returns>
public static Containers.Point PlacemarkPointToPoint(Generated.Point point)
{
    try
    {
        Containers.Point p = new GMapGeocoder.Containers.Point();
        string[] coords = point.coordinates.Split(splitChar);
        p.Longitude = Convert.ToDouble(coords[0]);
        p.Latitude = Convert.ToDouble(coords[1]);
        p.Unbounded = (coords.Length > 2 && !zero.IsMatch(coords[2]));

        return p;
    }
    catch
    {
        return new Containers.Point();
    }
}

int unbound = 0;
p.Unbounded = (coords.Length > 2
               && Int32.TryParse(coords[2], out unbound)
               && unbound != 0);

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System.Security.SecurityException: Request for the permission of type 'System.Net.WebPermission, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' failed.<br />
   at System.Security.CodeAccessSecurityEngine.Check(Object demand, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean isPermSet)<br />
   at System.Security.CodeAccessPermission.Demand()<br />
   at System.Net.HttpWebRequest..ctor(Uri uri, ServicePoint servicePoint)<br />
   at System.Net.HttpRequestCreator.Create(Uri Uri)<br />
   at System.Net.WebRequest.Create(Uri requestUri, Boolean useUriBase)<br />
   at System.Net.WebRequest.Create(String requestUriString)<br />
   at GMapGeocoder.Util.GetXml(String address, String key)<br />
   at html_aspx_index.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in \\wagner\wwwroot$\ mysite.ws\index.aspx.cs:line 34<br />
The action that failed was:<br />
Demand<br />
The type of the first permission that failed was:<br />
System.Net.WebPermission<br />
The Zone of the assembly that failed was:<br />
Internet<br />

/// <summary>
/// Takes point from google containing coordinates in a string and returns point objects with lat/lng separated out.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="point">Google placemark point.</param>
/// <returns>Point containing coordinates. Lat/Lng are set to min double value on parse errors.</returns>
public static Containers.Point PlacemarkPointToPoint(Generated.Point point)
{
    try
    {
        Containers.Point p = new GMapGeocoder.Containers.Point();
        p.Longitude = Convert.ToDouble(point.coordinates.Split(new char[] { ',' })[0]);
        p.Latitude = Convert.ToDouble(point.coordinates.Split(new char[] { ',' })[1]);

        // Don't return empty point if we fail here.
        try
        {
            p.Unbounded = Convert.ToBoolean(Convert.ToInt32(point.coordinates.Split(new char[] { ',' })[2]));
        }
        catch { }

        return p;
    }
    catch
    {
        return new Containers.Point();
    }
}

/// <summary>
/// Takes google objects and returns US friendly query results.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="kml">Deserialize xml objects from google.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static Containers.Results GoogleObjectsToResults(Generated.kml kml)
{
    Containers.Results results = new GMapGeocoder.Containers.Results();
    results.StatusCode = (StatusCodeOptions)kml.Response.Status.code;
    results.Query = kml.Response.name;

    if (kml.Response.Placemark != null)
    {
        foreach (Generated.Placemark p in kml.Response.Placemark)
        {
            results.Addresses.Add(PlacemarkToUSAddress(p));
        }
    }
    return results;
}