code: def geocode_location(location, sensor=False, api_key=None):
      
      params = {'address': location, 'sensor': str(sensor).lower()}
      if api_key is not None:
          params['key'] = api_key
      url, geo_response = _fetch_remote_json(
              GooglePlaces.GEOCODE_API_URL, params)
      _validate_response(url, geo_response)
      if geo_response['status'] == GooglePlaces.RESPONSE_STATUS_ZERO_RESULTS:
          error_detail = ('Lat/Lng for location \'%s\' can\'t be determined.' %
                          location)
          raise GooglePlacesError(error_detail)
      return geo_response['results'][0]['geometry']['location']
docs: Converts a human-readable location to lat-lng.
  
      Returns a dict with lat and lng keys.
  
      keyword arguments:
      location -- A human-readable location, e.g 'London, England'
      sensor   -- Boolean flag denoting if the location came from a device using
                  its' location sensor (default False)
      api_key  -- A valid Google Places API key. 
  
      raises:
      GooglePlacesError -- if the geocoder fails to find a location.