old_contents: import os
  import sys
  import json
  import urllib
  import urllib2
  
  api_key = os.getenv("MAPS_API_KEY")
  if api_key == "":
      sys.exit("Please obtain an API key from https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/start#get-a-key and set the environment variable MAPS_API_KEY")
  
  #print api_key
  
  url = 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?'
  values = {'address' : 'Green Bank Telescope',
            'key' : api_key }
  
  data = urllib.urlencode(values)
  full_url = url + '?' + data
  response = urllib2.urlopen(full_url)
  json_response = response.read()
  
  data_dict = json.loads(json_response)
  
  #print data_dict
  
  lat = data_dict['results'][0]['geometry']['location']['lat']
  lng = data_dict['results'][0]['geometry']['location']['lng']
  
  print lat, lng
  
new_contents: import os
  import sys
  import json
  import urllib
  import urllib2
  
  api_key = os.getenv("MAPS_API_KEY")
  if api_key == "":
      sys.exit("Please obtain an API key from https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/start#get-a-key and set the environment variable MAPS_API_KEY")
  
  #print api_key
  
  url = 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?'
  values = {'address' : 'Campbell Hall',
            'key' : api_key }
  
  data = urllib.urlencode(values)
  full_url = url + data
  print full_url
  response = urllib2.urlopen(full_url)
  json_response = response.read()
  
  data_dict = json.loads(json_response)
  
  #print data_dict
  
  lat = data_dict['results'][0]['geometry']['location']['lat']
  lng = data_dict['results'][0]['geometry']['location']['lng']
  
  print lat, lng
  
subject: Remove second ? from URL