Now Web API will treat GeoPoint as a simple type

[TypeConverter(typeof(GeoPointConverter))]
public class GeoPoint
{
    public double Latitude { get; set; } 
    public double Longitude { get; set; }

    public static bool TryParse(string s, out GeoPoint result)
    {
        result = null;

        var parts = s.Split(',');
        if (parts.Length != 2)
        {
            return false;
        }

        double latitude, longitude;
        if (double.TryParse(parts[0], out latitude) &&
            double.TryParse(parts[1], out longitude))
        {
            result = new GeoPoint() { Longitude = longitude, Latitude = latitude };
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
}

class GeoPointConverter : TypeConverter
{
    public override bool CanConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext context, Type sourceType)
    {
        if (sourceType == typeof(string))
        {
            return true;
        }
        return base.CanConvertFrom(context, sourceType);
    }

    public override object ConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext context, 
        CultureInfo culture, object value)
    {
        if (value is string)
        {
            GeoPoint point;
            if (GeoPoint.TryParse((string)value, out point))
            {
                return point;
            }
        }
        return base.ConvertFrom(context, culture, value);
    }
}
Now Web API will treat GeoPoint as a simple type, meaning it will try to bind GeoPoint parameters from the URI. You don't need to include [FromUri] on the parameter.

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public HttpResponseMessage Get(GeoPoint location) { ... }
The client can invoke the method with a URI like this:

http://localhost/api/values/?location=47.678558,-122.130989

public class GeoPointModelBinder : IModelBinder
{
    // List of known locations.
    private static ConcurrentDictionary<string, GeoPoint> _locations
        = new ConcurrentDictionary<string, GeoPoint>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);

    static GeoPointModelBinder()
    {
        _locations["redmond"] = new GeoPoint() { Latitude = 47.67856, Longitude = -122.131 };
        _locations["paris"] = new GeoPoint() { Latitude = 48.856930, Longitude = 2.3412 };
        _locations["tokyo"] = new GeoPoint() { Latitude = 35.683208, Longitude = 139.80894 };
    }

    public bool BindModel(HttpActionContext actionContext, ModelBindingContext bindingContext)
    {
        if (bindingContext.ModelType != typeof(GeoPoint))
        {
            return false;
        }

        ValueProviderResult val = bindingContext.ValueProvider.GetValue(
            bindingContext.ModelName);
        if (val == null)
        {
            return false;
        }

        string key = val.RawValue as string;
        if (key == null)
        {
            bindingContext.ModelState.AddModelError(
                bindingContext.ModelName, "Wrong value type");
            return false;
        }

        GeoPoint result;
        if (_locations.TryGetValue(key, out result) || GeoPoint.TryParse(key, out result))
        {
            bindingContext.Model = result;
            return true;
        }

        bindingContext.ModelState.AddModelError(
            bindingContext.ModelName, "Cannot convert value to GeoPoint");
        return false;
    }
}