I have having some trouble with this one. I'm getting the impression this isn't possible using javascript. 

I have a text file formatted like:

```
Street #    STREET  CITY    ST  ZIP  

```

all separated by /t, and I would like to convert this address to latitude and longitude coordinates.

So the idea is to read a line from a text file, and write to either than same local file or to a whole new file if that is easier. **I only have to do this once, Just one single pass of converting addresses to latitude and longitude. Will not be in the application just need for my own use a list of latitude and longitude (around 200 addresses to be converted)**

I am not sure if there is anyway to do this without using Google Maps API, but I know I can retrieve the latitude and longitude by:

```
        geocoder.geocode( { 'address': address}, function(results, status) {
            if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
              var latlong = results[0].geometry.location;
            } else {
              alert('Geocode was not successful for the following reason: ' + status);
            }
       });

```

So not only do I not know if its even possible to write to a file using js in the browser, but I also know that the function above is run asynchronous and may mess it up that way.

Any idea? If this is doable in another language that will be easier?

Thanks