public static function locate($address)
	{
		$ip = false;
		if (filter_var($address, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP))
		{
			$ip = true;
		}

		$adapter  = new \Geocoder\HttpAdapter\CurlHttpAdapter();

		$p = array();

		// Get a list of providers
		if ($providers = \Event::trigger('geocode.onGeocodeProvider', array('geocode.locate', $adapter, $ip)))
		{
			foreach ($providers as $provider)
			{
				if ($provider)
				{
					$p[] = $provider;
				}
			}
		}

		if (!count($p))
		{
			return '';
		}

		// Instantiate the Geocoder service and pass it the list of providers
		$geocoder = new \Geocoder\Geocoder();
		$geocoder->registerProvider(new \Geocoder\Provider\ChainProvider($p));

		// Try to get some data...
		return $geocoder->geocode($address);
	}