A node.js module that both creates a MongoDB collection of US postal codes and provides geo-spatial searching on them given a source zipcode and radius. Based on the Geonames database www.geonames.org which is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Copyright (c) 2012 Chris Bumgardner and Misha Bosin
This content is released under the MIT License here
http://download.geonames.org/export/zip/US.zip
I recommend creating a copy of config.js called local.config.js and adding it to your .gitignore so your MongoDB configuration settings do not get persisted in git.
Saves postal code documents in MongoDB using geospatial indexes.
Example (be sure to npm install the dependencies listed under "NPM Dependencies" first):
node test/load-geonames.js --file ~/data/geonames/US/US.txt --config ./local.config.js
This test searches for the 10 closest postal objects within a 4 mile radius of zipcode 94133:
node test/test-find-query.js -c ./local.config.js -z 94133 -r 1
Using MongoDB settings in configuration file: ./local.config.js
Found: {"country":"US","zipcode":"94133","city":"San Francisco","state_long":"California","state_short":"CA","loc":[-122.4091,37.8002],"_id":"50061415305f380000001160"}
Found: {"country":"US","zipcode":"94108","city":"San Francisco","state_long":"California","state_short":"CA","loc":[-122.4079,37.7929],"_id":"50061415305f380000001149"}
Found: {"country":"US","zipcode":"94111","city":"San Francisco","state_long":"California","state_short":"CA","loc":[-122.4001,37.7974],"_id":"50061415305f38000000114c"}
Found: {"country":"US","zipcode":"94104","city":"San Francisco","state_long":"California","state_short":"CA","loc":[-122.4018,37.7915],"_id":"50061415305f380000001145"}
Found: {"country":"US","zipcode":"94109","city":"San Francisco","state_long":"California","state_short":"CA","loc":[-122.4186,37.7917],"_id":"50061415305f38000000114a"}
Found 5 postals
todo
- mongoskin
- optimist (for test/load-geonames.js only)
- csv (for test/load-geonames.js only)
npm install mongo-postal