1 class GeocoderController < ApplicationController
4 require 'rexml/document'
10 if query.match(/^\d{5}(-\d{4})?$/)
11 results.push search_us_postcode(query)
12 elsif query.match(/(GIR 0AA|[A-PR-UWYZ]([0-9]{1,2}|([A-HK-Y][0-9]|[A-HK-Y][0-9]([0-9]|[ABEHMNPRV-Y]))|[0-9][A-HJKS-UW])\s*[0-9][ABD-HJLNP-UW-Z]{2})/i)
13 results.push search_uk_postcode(query)
14 results.push search_osm_namefinder(query)
15 elsif query.match(/[A-Z]\d[A-Z]\s*\d[A-Z]\d/i)
16 results.push search_ca_postcode(query)
18 results.push search_osm_namefinder(query)
19 results.push search_geonames(query)
22 results_count = count_results(results)
24 render :update do |page|
25 page.replace_html :sidebar_content, :partial => 'results', :object => results
28 position = results.collect { |s| s[:results] }.compact.flatten[0]
29 page.call "setPosition", position[:lat].to_f, position[:lon].to_f, position[:zoom].to_i
31 page.call "openSidebar"
42 results.push description_osm_namefinder("cities", lat, lon, 2)
43 results.push description_osm_namefinder("towns", lat, lon, 4)
44 results.push description_osm_namefinder("places", lat, lon, 10)
45 results.push description_geonames(lat, lon)
47 render :update do |page|
48 page.replace_html :sidebar_content, :partial => 'results', :object => results
49 page.call "openSidebar"
55 def search_us_postcode(query)
58 # ask geocoder.us (they have a non-commercial use api)
59 response = fetch_text("http://rpc.geocoder.us/service/csv?zip=#{escape_query(query)}")
62 unless response.match(/couldn't find this zip/)
63 data = response.split(/\s*,\s+/) # lat,long,town,state,zip
64 results.push({:lat => data[0], :lon => data[1],
65 :zoom => APP_CONFIG['postcode_zoom'],
66 :prefix => "#{data[2]}, #{data[3]}, ",
70 return { :source => "Geocoder.us", :url => "http://geocoder.us/", :results => results }
71 rescue Exception => ex
72 return { :source => "Geocoder.us", :url => "http://geocoder.us/", :error => "Error contacting rpc.geocoder.us: #{ex.to_s}" }
75 def search_uk_postcode(query)
78 # ask npemap.org.uk to do a combined npemap + freethepostcode search
79 response = fetch_text("http://www.npemap.org.uk/cgi/geocoder.fcgi?format=text&postcode=#{escape_query(query)}")
82 unless response.match(/Error/)
83 dataline = response.split(/\n/)[1]
84 data = dataline.split(/,/) # easting,northing,postcode,lat,long
85 postcode = data[2].gsub(/'/, "")
86 zoom = APP_CONFIG['postcode_zoom'] - postcode.count("#")
87 results.push({:lat => data[3], :lon => data[4], :zoom => zoom,
91 return { :source => "NPEMap / FreeThePostcode", :url => "http://www.npemap.org.uk/", :results => results }
92 rescue Exception => ex
93 return { :source => "NPEMap / FreeThePostcode", :url => "http://www.npemap.org.uk/", :error => "Error contacting www.npemap.org.uk: #{ex.to_s}" }
96 def search_ca_postcode(query)
99 # ask geocoder.ca (note - they have a per-day limit)
100 response = fetch_xml("http://geocoder.ca/?geoit=XML&postal=#{escape_query(query)}")
103 if response.get_elements("geodata/error").empty?
104 results.push({:lat => response.get_text("geodata/latt").to_s,
105 :lon => response.get_text("geodata/longt").to_s,
106 :zoom => APP_CONFIG['postcode_zoom'],
107 :name => query.upcase})
110 return { :source => "Geocoder.CA", :url => "http://geocoder.ca/", :results => results }
111 rescue Exception => ex
112 return { :source => "Geocoder.CA", :url => "http://geocoder.ca/", :error => "Error contacting geocoder.ca: #{ex.to_s}" }
115 def search_osm_namefinder(query)
119 response = fetch_xml("http://gazetteer.openstreetmap.org/namefinder/search.xml?find=#{escape_query(query)}")
122 response.elements.each("searchresults/named") do |named|
123 lat = named.attributes["lat"].to_s
124 lon = named.attributes["lon"].to_s
125 zoom = named.attributes["zoom"].to_s
126 place = named.elements["place/named"] || named.elements["nearestplaces/named"]
127 type = named.attributes["info"].to_s.capitalize
128 name = named.attributes["name"].to_s
129 description = named.elements["description"].to_s
139 distance = format_distance(place.attributes["approxdistance"].to_i)
140 direction = format_direction(place.attributes["direction"].to_i)
141 placename = format_name(place.attributes["name"].to_s)
142 suffix = ", #{distance} #{direction} of #{placename}"
144 if place.attributes["rank"].to_i <= 30
149 place.elements.each("nearestplaces/named") do |nearest|
150 nearestrank = nearest.attributes["rank"].to_i
151 nearestscore = nearestrank / nearest.attributes["distance"].to_f
153 if nearestrank > 30 and
154 ( nearestscore > parentscore or
155 ( nearestscore == parentscore and nearestrank > parentrank ) )
157 parentrank = nearestrank
158 parentscore = nearestscore
163 parentname = format_name(parent.attributes["name"].to_s)
165 if place.attributes["info"].to_s == "suburb"
166 suffix = "#{suffix}, #{parentname}"
168 parentdistance = format_distance(parent.attributes["approxdistance"].to_i)
169 parentdirection = format_direction(parent.attributes["direction"].to_i)
170 suffix = "#{suffix} (#{parentdistance} #{parentdirection} of #{parentname})"
178 results.push({:lat => lat, :lon => lon, :zoom => zoom,
179 :prefix => prefix, :name => name, :suffix => suffix,
180 :description => description})
183 return { :source => "OpenStreetMap Namefinder", :url => "http://gazetteer.openstreetmap.org/namefinder/", :results => results }
184 rescue Exception => ex
185 return { :source => "OpenStreetMap Namefinder", :url => "http://gazetteer.openstreetmap.org/namefinder/", :error => "Error contacting gazetteer.openstreetmap.org: #{ex.to_s}" }
188 def search_geonames(query)
192 response = fetch_xml("http://ws.geonames.org/search?q=#{escape_query(query)}&maxRows=20")
195 response.elements.each("geonames/geoname") do |geoname|
196 lat = geoname.get_text("lat").to_s
197 lon = geoname.get_text("lng").to_s
198 name = geoname.get_text("name").to_s
199 country = geoname.get_text("countryName").to_s
200 results.push({:lat => lat, :lon => lon,
201 :zoom => APP_CONFIG['geonames_zoom'],
203 :suffix => ", #{country}"})
206 return { :source => "GeoNames", :url => "http://www.geonames.org/", :results => results }
207 rescue Exception => ex
208 return { :source => "GeoNames", :url => "http://www.geonames.org/", :error => "Error contacting ws.geonames.org: #{ex.to_s}" }
211 def description_osm_namefinder(types, lat, lon, max)
215 response = fetch_xml("http://gazetteer.openstreetmap.org/namefinder/search.xml?find=#{types}+near+#{lat},#{lon}&max=#{max}")
218 response.elements.each("searchresults/named") do |named|
219 lat = named.attributes["lat"].to_s
220 lon = named.attributes["lon"].to_s
221 zoom = named.attributes["zoom"].to_s
222 place = named.elements["place/named"] || named.elements["nearestplaces/named"]
223 type = named.attributes["info"].to_s
224 name = named.attributes["name"].to_s
225 description = named.elements["description"].to_s
226 distance = format_distance(place.attributes["approxdistance"].to_i)
227 direction = format_direction((place.attributes["direction"].to_i - 180) % 360)
228 prefix = "#{distance} #{direction} of #{type} "
229 results.push({:lat => lat, :lon => lon, :zoom => zoom,
230 :prefix => prefix.capitalize, :name => name,
231 :description => description})
234 return { :type => types.capitalize, :source => "OpenStreetMap Namefinder", :url => "http://gazetteer.openstreetmap.org/namefinder/", :results => results }
235 rescue Exception => ex
236 return { :type => types.capitalize, :source => "OpenStreetMap Namefinder", :url => "http://gazetteer.openstreetmap.org/namefinder/", :error => "Error contacting gazetteer.openstreetmap.org: #{ex.to_s}" }
239 def description_geonames(lat, lon)
243 response = fetch_xml("http://ws.geonames.org/countrySubdivision?lat=#{lat}&lng=#{lon}")
246 response.elements.each("geonames/countrySubdivision") do |geoname|
247 name = geoname.get_text("adminName1").to_s
248 country = geoname.get_text("countryName").to_s
249 results.push({:prefix => "#{name}, #{country}"})
252 return { :type => "Location", :source => "GeoNames", :url => "http://www.geonames.org/", :results => results }
253 rescue Exception => ex
254 return { :type => "Location", :source => "GeoNames", :url => "http://www.geonames.org/", :error => "Error contacting ws.geonames.org: #{ex.to_s}" }
258 return Net::HTTP.get(URI.parse(url))
262 return REXML::Document.new(fetch_text(url))
265 def format_distance(distance)
266 return "less than 1km" if distance == 0
267 return "about #{distance}km"
270 def format_direction(bearing)
271 return "south-west" if bearing >= 22.5 and bearing < 67.5
272 return "south" if bearing >= 67.5 and bearing < 112.5
273 return "south-east" if bearing >= 112.5 and bearing < 157.5
274 return "east" if bearing >= 157.5 and bearing < 202.5
275 return "north-east" if bearing >= 202.5 and bearing < 247.5
276 return "north" if bearing >= 247.5 and bearing < 292.5
277 return "north-west" if bearing >= 292.5 and bearing < 337.5
281 def format_name(name)
282 return name.gsub(/( *\[[^\]]*\])*$/, "")
285 def count_results(results)
288 results.each do |source|
289 count += source[:results].length if source[:results]
295 def escape_query(query)
296 return URI.escape(query, Regexp.new("[^#{URI::PATTERN::UNRESERVED}]", false, 'N'))