+
+ def describe_location(lat, lon, zoom = nil, language = nil)
+ zoom = zoom || 14
+ language = language || request.user_preferred_languages.join(',')
+ url = "http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse?lat=#{lat}&lon=#{lon}&zoom=#{zoom}&accept-language=#{language}"
+
+ begin
+ response = OSM::Timer.timeout(4) do
+ REXML::Document.new(Net::HTTP.get(URI.parse(url)))
+ end
+ rescue Exception
+ response = nil
+ end
+
+ if response and result = response.get_text("reversegeocode/result")
+ result.to_s
+ else
+ "#{number_with_precision(lat, :precision => 3)}, #{number_with_precision(lon, :precision => 3)}"
+ end
+ end