1 class GeocoderController < ApplicationController
4 require 'rexml/document'
7 @query = params[:query]
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 elsif @query.match(/[A-Z]\d[A-Z]\s*\d[A-Z]\d/i)
15 @results.push search_ca_postcode(@query)
17 @results.push search_osm_namefinder(@query)
18 @results.push search_geonames(@query)
24 def search_us_postcode(query)
27 # ask geocoder.us (they have a non-commercial use api)
28 response = fetch_text("http://rpc.geocoder.us/service/csv?zip=#{URI.escape(query)}")
31 unless response.match(/couldn't find this zip/)
32 data = response.split(/\s*,\s+/) # lat,long,town,state,zip
33 results.push({:lat => data[0], :lon => data[1], :zoom => 12,
34 :prefix => "#{data[2]}, #{data[3]}, ",
38 return { :source => "Geocoder.us", :url => "http://geocoder.us/", :results => results }
39 rescue Exception => ex
40 return { :source => "Geocoder.us", :url => "http://geocoder.us/", :error => "Error contacting rpc.geocoder.us: #{ex.to_s}" }
43 def search_uk_postcode(query)
46 # ask npemap.org.uk to do a combined npemap + freethepostcode search
47 response = fetch_text("http://www.npemap.org.uk/cgi/geocoder.fcgi?format=text&postcode=#{URI.escape(query)}")
50 unless response.match(/Error/)
51 dataline = response.split(/\n/)[1]
52 data = dataline.split(/,/) # easting,northing,postcode,lat,long
53 results.push({:lat => data[3], :lon => data[4], :zoom => 12,
54 :name => data[2].gsub(/'/, "")})
57 return { :source => "NPEMap / FreeThePostcode", :url => "http://www.npemap.org.uk/", :results => results }
58 rescue Exception => ex
59 return { :source => "NPEMap / FreeThePostcode", :url => "http://www.npemap.org.uk/", :error => "Error contacting www.npemap.org.uk: #{ex.to_s}" }
62 def search_ca_postcode(query)
65 # ask geocoder.ca (note - they have a per-day limit)
66 response = fetch_xml("http://geocoder.ca/?geoit=XML&postal=#{URI.escape(query)}")
69 unless response.get_elements("geodata/error")
70 results.push({:lat => response.get_text("geodata/latt").to_s,
71 :lon => response.get_text("geodata/longt").to_s,
73 :name => query.upcase})
76 return { :source => "Geocoder.CA", :url => "http://geocoder.ca/", :results => results }
77 rescue Exception => ex
78 return { :source => "Geocoder.CA", :url => "http://geocoder.ca/", :error => "Error contacting geocoder.ca: #{ex.to_s}" }
81 def search_osm_namefinder(query)
85 response = fetch_xml("http://www.frankieandshadow.com/osm/search.xml?find=#{URI.escape(query)}")
88 response.elements.each("searchresults/named") do |named|
89 lat = named.attributes["lat"].to_s
90 lon = named.attributes["lon"].to_s
91 zoom = named.attributes["zoom"].to_s
92 place = named.elements["place/named"] || named.elements["nearestplaces/named"]
93 type = named.attributes["info"].to_s.capitalize
94 name = named.attributes["name"].to_s
95 description = named.elements["description"].to_s
103 distance = format_distance(place.attributes["approxdistance"].to_i)
104 direction = format_direction(place.attributes["direction"].to_i)
105 placename = place.attributes["name"].to_s
106 suffix = ", #{distance} #{direction} of #{placename}"
110 results.push({:lat => lat, :lon => lon, :zoom => zoom,
111 :prefix => prefix, :name => name, :suffix => suffix,
112 :description => description})
115 return { :source => "OpenStreetMap Namefinder", :url => "http://www.frankieandshadow.com/osm/", :results => results }
116 rescue Exception => ex
117 return { :source => "OpenStreetMap Namefinder", :url => "http://www.frankieandshadow.com/osm/", :error => "Error contacting www.frankieandshadow.com: #{ex.to_s}" }
120 def search_geonames(query)
124 response = fetch_xml("http://ws.geonames.org/search?q=#{URI.escape(query)}&maxRows=20")
127 response.elements.each("geonames/geoname") do |geoname|
128 lat = geoname.get_text("lat").to_s
129 lon = geoname.get_text("lng").to_s
130 name = geoname.get_text("name").to_s
131 country = geoname.get_text("countryName").to_s
132 results.push({:lat => lat, :lon => lon, :zoom => 12,
134 :suffix => ", #{country}"})
137 return { :source => "GeoNames", :url => "http://www.geonames.org/", :results => results }
138 rescue Exception => ex
139 return { :source => "GeoNames", :url => "http://www.geonames.org/", :error => "Error contacting ws.geonames.org: #{ex.to_s}" }
143 return Net::HTTP.get(URI.parse(url))
147 return REXML::Document.new(fetch_text(url))
150 def format_distance(distance)
151 return "less than 1km" if distance == 0
152 return "about #{distance}km"
155 def format_direction(bearing)
156 return "south-west" if bearing >= 22.5 and bearing < 67.5
157 return "south" if bearing >= 67.5 and bearing < 112.5
158 return "south-east" if bearing >= 112.5 and bearing < 157.5
159 return "east" if bearing >= 157.5 and bearing < 202.5
160 return "north-east" if bearing >= 202.5 and bearing < 247.5
161 return "north" if bearing >= 247.5 and bearing < 292.5
162 return "north-west" if bearing >= 292.5 and bearing < 337.5