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  22. data/lib/graticule/geocoder/geocoder_us.rb +52 -0
  23. data/lib/graticule/geocoder/google.rb +100 -0
  24. data/lib/graticule/geocoder/host_ip.rb +41 -0
  25. data/lib/graticule/geocoder/local_search_maps.rb +45 -0
  26. data/lib/graticule/geocoder/mapquest.rb +87 -0
  27. data/lib/graticule/geocoder/meta_carta.rb +33 -0
  28. data/lib/graticule/geocoder/multi.rb +46 -0
  29. data/lib/graticule/geocoder/multimap.rb +73 -0
  30. data/lib/graticule/geocoder/postcode_anywhere.rb +63 -0
  31. data/lib/graticule/geocoder/rest.rb +18 -0
  32. data/lib/graticule/geocoder/yahoo.rb +84 -0
  33. data/lib/graticule/location.rb +61 -0
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+ module Graticule #:nodoc:
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+ module Geocoder #:nodoc:
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+
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+ # Multimap geocoding API
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+
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+ class Multimap < Rest
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+
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+ # This precision information is not complete.
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+ # More details should be implemented from:
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+ # http://www.multimap.com/share/documentation/clientzone/gqcodes.htm
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+
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+ PRECISION = {
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+ "6"=> :country,
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+ "5" => :state,
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+ "4" => :postal_code,
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+ "3" => :city,
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+ "2" => :street,
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+ "1" => :address
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+ }
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+
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+ # Web services initializer.
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+ #
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+ # The +api_key+ is the Open API key that uniquely identifies your
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+ # application.
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+ #
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+ # See http://www.multimap.com/openapi/
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+
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+ def initialize(api_key)
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+ @api_key = api_key
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+ @url = URI.parse "http://clients.multimap.com/API/geocode/1.2/#{@api_key}"
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+ end
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+
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+ # Returns a location for an address in the form of a String, Hash or Location.
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+
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+ def locate(address)
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+ location = address.is_a?(String) ? address : location_from_params(address)
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+ case location
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+ when String
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+ get :qs => location
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+ when Location
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+ get "street" => location.street,
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+ "region" => location.region,
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+ "city" => location.city,
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+ "postalCode" => location.postal_code,
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+ "countryCode" => location.country
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ def parse_response(xml)
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+ r = xml.elements['Results/Location[1]']
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+ returning Location.new do |location|
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+
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+ location.precision = PRECISION[r.attributes['geocodeQuality']] || :unknown
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+
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+ location.street = r.elements['Address/Street'].text.titleize unless r.elements['Address/Street'].nil?
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+ location.locality = r.elements['Address/Areas/Area'].text.titleize unless r.elements['Address/Areas/Area'].nil?
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+ location.region = r.elements['Address/State'].text.titleize unless r.elements['Address/State'].nil?
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+ location.postal_code = r.elements['Address/PostalCode'].text unless r.elements['Address/PostalCode'].nil?
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+ location.country = r.elements['Address/CountryCode'].text
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+
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+ location.latitude = r.elements['Point/Lat'].text.to_f
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+ location.longitude = r.elements['Point/Lon'].text.to_f
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ def check_error(xml)
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+ error = xml.elements['Results'].attributes['errorCode']
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+ raise Error, error unless error.nil?
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module Graticule #:nodoc:
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+ module Geocoder #:nodoc:
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+
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+ class PostcodeAnywhere < Rest
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+
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+ # http://www.postcodeanywhere.com/register/
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+ def initialize(account_code, license_code)
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+ @url = URI.parse 'http://services.postcodeanywhere.co.uk/xml.aspx'
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+ @account_code = account_code
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+ @license_code = license_code
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+ end
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+
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+ def locate(params)
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+ location = location_from_params(params)
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+ get :address => location.to_s(:country => false), :country => location.country
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+ end
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+
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+ private
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+
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+ def make_url(params) #:nodoc:
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+ params[:account_code] = @account_code
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+ params[:license_code] = @license_code
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+ params[:action] = 'geocode'
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+ super params
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+ end
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+
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+ def parse_response(xml) #:nodoc:
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+ result = xml.elements['/PostcodeAnywhere/Data/Item[1]']
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+ returning Location.new do |location|
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+ location.latitude = result.attribute('latitude').value.to_f
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+ location.longitude = result.attribute('longitude').value.to_f
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+ location.street = value(result.attribute('line1'))
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+ location.locality = value(result.attribute('city'))
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+ location.region = value(result.attribute('state'))
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+ location.postal_code = value(result.attribute('postal_code'))
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+ location.country = value(result.attribute('country'))
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ def value(attribute)
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+ attribute.value if attribute
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+ end
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+
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+ # http://www.postcodeanywhere.co.uk/developers/documentation/errors.aspx
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+ def check_error(xml) #:nodoc:
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+ #raise AddressError, xml.text if xml.text == 'couldn\'t find this address! sorry'
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+ if error = xml.elements['/PostcodeAnywhere/Data/Item[@error_number][1]']
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+ error_number = error.attribute('error_number').value.to_i
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+ message = error.attribute('message').value
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+ if (1..11).include?(error_number) || (34..38).include?(error_number)
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+ raise CredentialsError, message
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+ else
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+ raise Error, message
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+ end
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+ elsif xml.elements['/PostcodeAnywhere/Data'].elements.empty?
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+ raise AddressError, 'No results returned'
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ require 'rexml/document'
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+
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+ module Graticule #:nodoc:
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+ module Geocoder #:nodoc:
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+
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+ # Abstract class for implementing REST geocoders. Passes on a REXML::Document
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+ # to +check_errors+ and +parse_response+.
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+ class Rest < Base
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+
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+ private
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+
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+ def prepare_response(response)
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+ REXML::Document.new(response)
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module Graticule #:nodoc:
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+ module Geocoder #:nodoc:
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+
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+ # Yahoo geocoding API.
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+ #
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+ # http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/rest/V1/geocode.html
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+ class Yahoo < Rest
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+
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+ PRECISION = {
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+ "country"=> :country,
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+ "state" => :state,
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+ "city" => :city,
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+ "zip+4" => :zip,
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+ "zip+2" => :zip,
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+ "zip" => :zip,
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+ "street" => :street,
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+ "address" => :address
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+ }
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+
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+ # Web services initializer.
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+ #
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+ # The +appid+ is the Application ID that uniquely identifies your
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+ # application. See: http://developer.yahoo.com/faq/index.html#appid
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+ #
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+ # See http://developer.yahoo.com/search/rest.html
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+ def initialize(appid)
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+ @appid = appid
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+ @url = URI.parse "http://api.local.yahoo.com/MapsService/V1/geocode"
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+ end
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+
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+ # Returns a Location for +address+.
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+ #
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+ # The +address+ can be any of:
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+ # * city, state
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+ # * city, state, zip
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+ # * zip
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+ # * street, city, state
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+ # * street, city, state, zip
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+ # * street, zip
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+ def locate(address)
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+ location = (address.is_a?(String) ? address : location_from_params(address).to_s(:country => false))
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+ # yahoo pukes on line breaks
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+ get :location => location.gsub("\n", ', ')
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+ end
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+
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+ def parse_response(xml) # :nodoc:
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+ r = xml.elements['ResultSet/Result[1]']
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+ returning Location.new do |location|
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+ location.precision = PRECISION[r.attributes['precision']] || :unknown
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+
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+ if r.attributes.include? 'warning' then
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+ location.warning = r.attributes['warning']
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+ end
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+
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+ location.latitude = r.elements['Latitude'].text.to_f
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+ location.longitude = r.elements['Longitude'].text.to_f
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+
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+ location.street = r.elements['Address'].text.titleize unless r.elements['Address'].text.blank?
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+ location.locality = r.elements['City'].text.titleize unless r.elements['City'].text.blank?
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+ location.region = r.elements['State'].text
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+ location.postal_code = r.elements['Zip'].text
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+ location.country = r.elements['Country'].text
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ # Extracts and raises an error from +xml+, if any.
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+ def check_error(xml) #:nodoc:
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+ err = xml.elements['Error']
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+ raise Error, err.elements['Message'].text if err
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+ end
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+
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+ # Creates a URL from the Hash +params+. Automatically adds the appid and
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+ # sets the output type to 'xml'.
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+ def make_url(params) #:nodoc:
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+ params[:appid] = @appid
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+ params[:output] = 'xml'
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+
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+ super params
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module Graticule
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+
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+ # A geographic location
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+ class Location
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+ attr_accessor :latitude, :longitude, :street, :locality, :region, :postal_code, :country, :precision, :warning
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+ alias_method :city, :locality
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+ alias_method :state, :region
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+ alias_method :zip, :postal_code
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+
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+ def initialize(attrs = {})
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+ attrs.each do |key,value|
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+ instance_variable_set "@#{key}", value
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+ end
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+ self.precision ||= :unknown
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+ end
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+
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+ def attributes
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+ [:latitude, :longitude, :street, :locality, :region, :postal_code, :country, :precision].inject({}) do |result,attr|
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+ result[attr] = self.send(attr) unless self.send(attr).blank?
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+ result
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ def blank?
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+ attributes.except(:precision).empty?
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+ end
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+
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+ # Returns an Array with latitude and longitude.
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+ def coordinates
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+ [latitude, longitude]
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+ end
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+
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+ def ==(other)
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+ other.respond_to?(:attributes) ? attributes == other.attributes : false
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+ end
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+
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+ # Calculate the distance to another location. See the various Distance formulas
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+ # for more information
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+ def distance_to(destination, options = {})
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+ options = {:formula => :haversine, :units => :miles}.merge(options)
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+ "Graticule::Distance::#{options[:formula].to_s.titleize}".constantize.distance(self, destination, options[:units])
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+ end
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+
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+ # Where would I be if I dug through the center of the earth?
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+ def antipode
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+ Location.new :latitude => -latitude, :longitude => longitude + (longitude >= 0 ? -180 : 180)
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+ end
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+ alias_method :antipodal_location, :antipode
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+
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+ def to_s(options = {})
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+ options = {:coordinates => false, :country => true}.merge(options)
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+ result = ""
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+ result << "#{street}\n" if street
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+ result << [locality, [region, postal_code].compact.join(" ")].compact.join(", ")
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+ result << " #{country}" if options[:country] && country
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+ result << "\nlatitude: #{latitude}, longitude: #{longitude}" if options[:coordinates] && [latitude, longitude].any?
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+ result
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module Graticule #:nodoc:
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+ module Version #:nodoc:
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+ MAJOR = 0
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+ MINOR = 2
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+ TINY = 11
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+
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+ STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, TINY].join('.')
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+ end
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+ end
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+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
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+ "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
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+
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+ <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
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+ <head>
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+ <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
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+ <title>Graticule</title>
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+ <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://opensoul.org/stylesheets/code.css" />
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+ <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheets/style.css" />
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+ <link href="http://opensoul.org/stylesheets/ci.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
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+ <script src="http://opensoul.org/javascripts/code_highlighter.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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+ <script src="http://opensoul.org/javascripts/ruby.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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+ </head>
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+
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+ <body>
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+ <div id="collectiveidea">
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+ <a href="http://collectiveidea.com"><img src="http://opensoul.org/images/header_logo.gif" alt="Collective Idea" class="logo" width="17" height="22" /></a>
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+ <ul class="links">
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+ <li><a href="http://daniel.collectiveidea.com/blog">Daniel</a></li>
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+ <li><a href="http://opensoul.org">Brandon</a></li>
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+ <li class="name"><a href="http://collectiveidea.com"><img src="http://opensoul.org/images/header_collectiveidea.gif" alt="Collective Idea" width="123" height="21" /></a></li>
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+ </ul>
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+ </div>
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+ <div id="main">
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+ <div id="header">
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+ <h1><a href="/">Graticule</a></h1>
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+ <ul id="nav">
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+ <li><a href="graticule">API Docs</a></li>
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+ <li><a href="plugin.html">Rails Plugin</a></li>
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+ <li><a href="http://rubyforge.org/projects/graticule">RubyForge</a></li>
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+ <li><a href="http://opensoul.org/tags/geocoding">Blog</a></li>
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+ </ul>
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+ </div>
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+ <div id="content">
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+ <dl lang="en" xml:lang="en">
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+ <dt><strong>grat·i·cule</strong>, <span class="pronunciation">|ˈgratəˌkyoōl|</span>,
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+ <em><abbr title="noun">n.</abbr></em>
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+ <span class="description">technical</span>
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+ </dt>
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+ <dd><em>Navigation.</em> a network of parallels and meridians on a map or chart.</dd>
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+ </dl>
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+
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+ <p>Graticule is a geocoding API for looking up address coordinates and performing distance calculations. It supports many popular APIs, including:</p>
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+
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+ <ul>
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+ <li>Yahoo</li>
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+ <li>Google</li>
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+ <li>Geocoder.ca</li>
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+ <li>Geocoder.us</li>
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+ <li>PostcodeAnywhere</li>
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+ <li>MetaCarta</li>
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+ </ul>
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+
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+ <p>There is a <a href="plugin.html">companion Rails plugin</a> that makes geocoding seem like magic.</p>
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+ <h2>Example</h2>
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+
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+ <pre><code class="ruby">require 'rubygems'
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+ require 'graticule'
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+ geocoder = Graticule.service(:google).new "api_key"
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+ location = geocoder.locate "1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA"
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+ location.coordinates #=> [37.423021, -122.083739]
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+ location.country #=> "US"</code></pre>
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+ <p>See the <a href="graticule">API documentation</a> for more details.</p>
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+
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+ <h2>International Support</h2>
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+ <p>Graticule supports several services with international support. The international geocoders require slightly more structured data than the US ones:</p>
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+ <pre><code class="ruby">g = Graticule.service(:local_search_maps).new
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+ location = g.locate :street => '48 Leicester Square', :locality => 'London', :country => 'UK'
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+ location.coordinates #=> [51.510036, -0.130427]</code></pre>
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+ <h2>Distance Calculation</h2>
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+ <p>Graticule includes 3 different distance formulas, Spherical (simplest but least accurate), Vincenty (most accurate and most complicated), and Haversine (somewhere inbetween).</p>
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+
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+ <pre><code class="ruby">location = geocoder.locate("Holland, MI")
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+ location.distance_to(geocoder.locate("Chicago, IL"))
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+ #=> 101.997458788177</code></pre>
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+ <h2>Command Line</h2>
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+ <p>Graticule also includes a command line interface to the various geocoders:</p>
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+
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+ <pre>
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+ $ geocode -s yahoo -a yahookey Washington, DC
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+ Washington, DC US
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+ latitude: 38.895222, longitude: -77.036758</pre>
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+ <p>acts_as_geocodable is a Rails plugin that makes your applications geo-aware. A picture (er, example) is worth a thousand words:</p>
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