szajbus / geocode

A very simple interface to Google Maps' geocoding API.

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Geocode
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A simple interface to Google Maps' geocoding API.


Example
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# config/initializers/geocode_config.rb
Geocode.logger = Rails.logger # logger (optional)
Geocode.gmaps_key = "test_gmaps_key" # your google maps api key
Geocode.country = "USA" # default country that is appended to query (leave nil for world-wide search)
Geocode.unknown_state = "unknown" # default return value of Geocode.state method if something goes wrong
Geocode::Request.headers = { "Accept-Language" => "pl", "Accept-Charset" => "utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.7", "User-Agent" => 
"Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; pl; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042315 Firefox/3.0.10" } # default request 
headers

# anywhere in your app
Geocode.coords("5th Avenue, New York")
# => {:accuracy=>"6", :lat=>"40.7744050", :lng=>"-73.9656050", :response=>"200,6,40.7744050,-73.9656050", 
:http_status=>"200"}
Geocode.state("New York")
# => "NY"


Copyright
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Copyright (c) 2009 Michał Szajbe, released under the MIT license