# Is there a way to standardize locations in text entry component? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [April 13, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-standardize-locations-in-text-entry-component/60511 "2023-04-13T22:21:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![michaelofficial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@michaelofficial](https://community.glideapps.com/u/michaelofficial)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-standardize-locations-in-text-entry-component/60511/1 "2023-04-13T22:21:55Z")
For my app I need to ask users for their city and state but I don’t want there to be multiple versions of the same places (ei someone types in ‘Los Angeles’, someone else ‘LA’, someone else ‘L.A.’, etc). This ruins searchability and filtering. How can I standardize text entries? I don’t think a choice component would work on the city name level as their are far too many possibilities… I also noticed that on most glide templates I’ve looked at they avoid asking for addresses. Maybe this is why? Does anyone know how to achieve this? I really appreciate it! Best, Michael ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-standardize-locations-in-text-entry-component/60511/2 "2023-04-14T00:37:00Z")
It might be overkill, but I wonder if you do something like: First step: Address to coordinates Second step: Coordinates to address Would it follow the same format? I guess yes. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/8/0/80f940531c3b6137fe0faddcf8df2f2511edc0e3.png)