+ REXML::Document.new(fetch_text(url))
+ end
+
+ def escape_query(query)
+ URI.escape(query, Regexp.new("[^#{URI::PATTERN::UNRESERVED}]", false, "N"))
+ end
+
+ def normalize_params
+ query = params[:query]
+ return unless query
+
+ query.strip!
+
+ if latlon = query.match(/^([NS])\s*(\d{1,3}(\.\d*)?)\W*([EW])\s*(\d{1,3}(\.\d*)?)$/).try(:captures) # [NSEW] decimal degrees
+ params.merge!(nsew_to_decdeg(latlon)).delete(:query)
+ elsif latlon = query.match(/^(\d{1,3}(\.\d*)?)\s*([NS])\W*(\d{1,3}(\.\d*)?)\s*([EW])$/).try(:captures) # decimal degrees [NSEW]
+ params.merge!(nsew_to_decdeg(latlon)).delete(:query)
+
+ elsif latlon = query.match(/^([NS])\s*(\d{1,3})°?\s*(\d{1,3}(\.\d*)?)?['′]?\W*([EW])\s*(\d{1,3})°?\s*(\d{1,3}(\.\d*)?)?['′]?$/).try(:captures) # [NSEW] degrees, decimal minutes
+ params.merge!(ddm_to_decdeg(latlon)).delete(:query)
+ elsif latlon = query.match(/^(\d{1,3})°?\s*(\d{1,3}(\.\d*)?)?['′]?\s*([NS])\W*(\d{1,3})°?\s*(\d{1,3}(\.\d*)?)?['′]?\s*([EW])$/).try(:captures) # degrees, decimal minutes [NSEW]
+ params.merge!(ddm_to_decdeg(latlon)).delete(:query)
+
+ elsif latlon = query.match(/^([NS])\s*(\d{1,3})°?\s*(\d{1,2})['′]?\s*(\d{1,3}(\.\d*)?)?["″]?\W*([EW])\s*(\d{1,3})°?\s*(\d{1,2})['′]?\s*(\d{1,3}(\.\d*)?)?["″]?$/).try(:captures) # [NSEW] degrees, minutes, decimal seconds
+ params.merge!(dms_to_decdeg(latlon)).delete(:query)
+ elsif latlon = query.match(/^(\d{1,3})°?\s*(\d{1,2})['′]?\s*(\d{1,3}(\.\d*)?)?["″]\s*([NS])\W*(\d{1,3})°?\s*(\d{1,2})['′]?\s*(\d{1,3}(\.\d*)?)?["″]?\s*([EW])$/).try(:captures) # degrees, minutes, decimal seconds [NSEW]
+ params.merge!(dms_to_decdeg(latlon)).delete(:query)
+
+ elsif latlon = query.match(/^\s*([+-]?\d+(\.\d*)?)\s*[\s,]\s*([+-]?\d+(\.\d*)?)\s*$/)
+ params.merge!(:lat => latlon[1].to_f, :lon => latlon[3].to_f).delete(:query)
+ end