postcode 0.0.1

data/README

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+PostCode
+
+*Warning:* Very alpha and subject to change.
+
+Currently supports looking up UK postcode lat/long using the 'Free The Postcode' database: http://www.freethepostcode.org
+
+    > postcode = PostCode::UK.lookup("ME19 4YT")
+    > postcode.latitude 
+    => 51.278813
+    > postcode.longitude
+    => -0.132300

data/Rakefile

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+require 'spec/rake/spectask'
+
+begin
+  require 'jeweler'
+  Jeweler::Tasks.new do |gem|
+    gem.name = "postcode"
+    gem.summary = "Library for mapping postcodes to lat/long"
+    gem.email = "Stephen Bartholomew"
+    gem.homepage = "http://github.com/curve21/post_code"
+    gem.description = ""
+    gem.authors = ["Stephen Bartholomew"]
+    gem.files =  FileList["[A-Z]*", "{lib,spec}/**/*"]
+    gem.add_dependency("fastercsv")
+  end
+rescue LoadError
+  puts "Jeweler not available. Install it with: sudo gem install technicalpickles-jeweler -s http://gems.github.com"
+end
+
+desc "Update the postcode database"
+namespace :db do
+  task :update do
+    `curl http://www.freethepostcode.org/currentlist > database/database.txt`
+  end
+end
+
+Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new(:spec) do |spec|
+  spec.libs << 'lib' << 'spec'
+  spec.spec_files = FileList['spec/**/*_spec.rb']
+  spec.spec_opts = ['--options', 'spec/spec.opts']
+end

data/VERSION

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+0.0.1

data/lib/postcode/uk.rb

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+module PostCode
+  class UK
+    attr_accessor :postcode, :latitude, :longitude
+    
+    def initialize(postcode, latitude, longitude)
+      self.postcode = postcode
+      self.latitude = latitude
+      self.longitude = longitude
+    end
+    
+    class << self
+      def database=(path)
+        @database = FasterCSV.read(path, :col_sep => " ")
+      end
+      
+      def database
+        if !@database
+          self.database = File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../../databases/database.uk.txt"
+        end
+        
+        @database
+      end
+      
+      def lookup(postcode)
+        postcode.gsub!(/\s+/, "")
+        
+        data = @database.select {|row| row if "#{row[2]}#{row[3]}" == postcode }.first
+
+        if data.size > 0
+          self.new(postcode, data[0], data[1])
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/postcode.rb

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+require "fastercsv"
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/postcode/uk"