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## Google Maps Static Geocoding

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    <img src="icon.png" width="150px;" class="pe-image-documentation"/>
</p>

***

## Description

This processor computes the latitude and longitude values from a fixed location (a place name such as "Karlsruhe
, Germany
") and adds the result to the event.

***

## Required inputs

Input event requires to have a field which contains the name of a place.

***

## Configuration

### Place

The place name that should be converted to a lat/lng combination

## Output

Outputs a similar event like below.

```
{
  'latitude': 6.927079,
  'longitude': 79.861244  
}
```
