I've no idea what you think the images in Streetview are if they
aren't photos ...

> ... what is the simplest
> way to replace Lat/Long by postal address?

That all depends.
Where is the address held now?  Presumably you're talking about an
address held server-side, not something a user types in on a form on
the page.
So, making that assumption:

If you have just one or a handful of addresses, you could look them up
on maps.google.com, note the lat/longs, and store that server-side
with your address.

Or, you could geocode the address server side, and pass the lat/long
down to the webpage for immediate use by the javascript there.  The
how-to for HTTP geocoding is in the links you were given earlier.
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/services.html#Geocoding_Direct

Or, you could pass the address down to the page and have it geocoded
from javascript. The how-to for geocoding from the javascript API is
in the links you were given earlier.
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/services.html#Geocoding

If you have a whole database of addresses, you can set up an efficient
system to geocode each address on an as-required basis, but store the
result to save doing it again next time.

If you don't like Google's geocoding services, there are several
others you can choose from
http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api/web/resources-non-google-geocoders

I couldn't say which is simplest, it depends how many you have to do
and what you are most comfortable coding with.

> Can I use hidden form fild?
> Something like:
> <input type="hidden" name="postal_address" value="<?php echo "$street
> $city $state $country $zip"; ?>">

If you're comfortable doing it that way, do it.

Another simple way is to write javascript direct
echo "<script ... >";
echo "      myString = ' <?php echo $street . $city . $state .
$country . $zip; ?> ' ; " ;
echo "</script>" ;

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