Question

I would like to get center coordinates of a country using Javascript. Is there any xml file that provides this kind of data, for use in a web application? I am basically trying to put data on the map using country names in OpenLayers.

Answer 1

Using Google Maps API you can use the Geocoder class for this.

var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
geocoder.geocode(
    { address : "Germany" },
    function(results) {
        window.alert(results[0].geometry.bounds.getCenter());
    });

You might want to examine the results[] array a bit more than just getting index 0, but this should get you started in the right direction.