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[rails.git] / app / controllers / geocoder_controller.rb

diff --git a/app/controllers/geocoder_controller.rb b/app/controllers/geocoder_controller.rb
index 7d434f19a3b2ec4e9332b0374479d1edbf36c796..b352c315bad20f4c7441957e009467ffa7da023c 100644 (file)
--- a/app/controllers/geocoder_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/geocoder_controller.rb
@@ -5,45 +5,140 @@ class GeocoderController < ApplicationController
   require 'rexml/document'
 
   def search
   require 'rexml/document'
 
   def search

-    res_hash = {}
+
+    if params[:postcode]
+      unless params[:postcode].empty?
+        postcode = params[:postcode]
+        check_postcode(postcode)
+        return
+      end
+    end
+    if params[:query][:postcode]
+      unless params[:query][:postcode].empty?
+        postcode =params[:query][:postcode]
+        check_postcode(postcode)
+        return
+      end
+    end
+    if params[:query][:place_name]  
+      @place_name = params[:query][:place_name]
+      redirect_to :controller => 'geocoder', :action => 'results', :params => {:place_name => @place_name}
+    end 
+  end
+
+  def check_postcode(p)
+

     @postcode_arr = []
     @postcode_arr = []

-    @res_ary = []
+    postcode = p.upcase
+    escaped_postcode = postcode.sub(/\s/,'%20')

 
 

-    if params[:query][:postcode] 
-      postcode = params[:query][:postcode]
+    begin

       if postcode.match(/(^\d{5}$)|(^\d{5}-\d{4}$)/)
       if postcode.match(/(^\d{5}$)|(^\d{5}-\d{4}$)/)

-        #its a zip code - do something
-      else
-        Net::HTTP.start('www.freethepostcode.org') do |http|
-          resp = http.get("/geocode?postcode=#{postcode}")
-          lat = resp.body.scan(/[4-6][0-9]\.?[0-9]+/)
-          lon = resp.body.scan(/[-+][0-9]\.?[0-9]+/)
-          @postcode_array = [lat, lon]
-          redirect_to "/index.html?lat=#{@postcode_array[0]}&lon=#{@postcode_array[1]}&zoom=14"
+        # Its a zip code - ask geocoder.us
+        # (They have a non commerical use api)
+        Net::HTTP.start('rpc.geocoder.us') do |http|
+          resp = http.get("/service/csv?zip=#{postcode}")
+          if resp.body.match(/couldn't find this zip/)
+            redirect_to "/index.html?error=invalid_zip_code"
+            return
+          end
+          data = resp.body.split(/, /) # lat,long,town,state,zip
+          lat = data[0] 
+          lon = data[1]
+          redirect_to "/index.html?mlat=#{lat}&mlon=#{lon}&zoom=14"
+          return

         end
         end

-      end
-    else
-      if params[:query][:place_name] != nil or "" 
-        place_name = params[:query][:place_name]
+      elsif postcode.match(/^([A-Z]{1,2}\d+[A-Z]?\s*\d[A-Z]{2})/)
+        # It matched our naive UK postcode regexp
+        # Ask npemap to do a combined npemap + freethepostcode search
+        Net::HTTP.start('www.npemap.org.uk') do |http|
+          resp = http.get("/cgi/geocoder.fcgi?format=text&postcode=#{escaped_postcode}")
+          dataline = resp.body.split(/\n/)[1]
+          data = dataline.split(/,/) # easting,northing,postcode,lat,long
+          lat = data[3] 
+          lon = data[4]
+          redirect_to "/index.html?mlat=#{lat}&mlon=#{lon}&zoom=14"
+          return
+        end
+      elsif postcode.match(/^[A-Z]\d[A-Z]\s*\d[A-Z]\d/)
+        # It's a canadian postcode
+        # Ask geocoder.ca (note - they have a per-day limit)
+        postcode = postcode.sub(/\s/,'')
+        Net::HTTP.start('geocoder.ca') do |http|
+          resp = http.get("?geoit=XML&postal=#{postcode}")
+          data_lat = resp.body.slice(/latt>.*?</)
+          data_lon = resp.body.slice(/longt>.*?</)
+          lat = data_lat.split(/[<>]/)[1]
+          lon = data_lon.split(/[<>]/)[1]
+          redirect_to "/index.html?mlat=#{lat}&mlon=#{lon}&zoom=14"
+          return
+        end
+      elsif postcode.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]) [0-9][ABD-HJLNP-UW-Z]{2})
+        /)
+        #its a UK postcode
+        begin
+          Net::HTTP.start('www.freethepostcode.org') do |http|
+            resp = http.get("/geocode?postcode=#{postcode}")
+            lat = resp.body.scan(/[4-6][0-9]\.?[0-9]+/)
+            lon = resp.body.scan(/[-+][0-9]\.?[0-9]+/)
+            redirect_to "/index.html?mlat=#{lat}&mlon=#{lon}&zoom=14"
+            return
+          end
+        rescue
+          redirect_to "/index.html"
+          #redirect to somewhere else
+        end
+        redirect_to "/index.html?mlat=#{lat}&mlon=#{lon}&zoom=14"
+        #redirect_to "/index.html?error=unknown_postcode_or_zip"
+      elsif
+        # Some other postcode / zip code
+        # Throw it at geonames, and see if they have any luck with it

         Net::HTTP.start('ws.geonames.org') do |http|
         Net::HTTP.start('ws.geonames.org') do |http|

-          res = http.get("/search?q=#{place_name}&maxRows=10")
-          xml = REXML::Document.new(res.body)
-          xml.elements.each("geonames/geoname") do |ele|
-            res_hash = {}
-            ele.elements.each("name"){ |n| res_hash['name'] = n.text }
-            ele.elements.each("countryCode"){ |n| res_hash['country_code'] = n.text }
-            ele.elements.each("countryNode"){ |n| res_hash['country_name'] = n.text }
-            ele.elements.each("lat"){ |n| res_hash['lat'] = n.text }
-            ele.elements.each("lng"){ |n| res_hash['lon']= n.text }
-            @res_ary << res_hash
-          end 
+          resp = http.get("/postalCodeSearch?postalcode=#{escaped_postcode}&maxRows=1")
+          hits = resp.body.slice(/totalResultsCount>.*?</).split(/[<>]/)[1]
+          if hits == "0"
+            # Geonames doesn't know, it's probably wrong
+            redirect_to "/index.html?error=unknown_postcode_or_zip"
+            return
+          end
+          data_lat = resp.body.slice(/lat>.*?</)
+          data_lon = resp.body.slice(/lng>.*?</)
+          lat = data_lat.split(/[<>]/)[1]
+          lon = data_lon.split(/[<>]/)[1]
+          redirect_to "/index.html?mlat=#{lat}&mlon=#{lon}&zoom=14"

         end
         end

+      else
+        # Some other postcode / zip file
+        redirect_to "/index.html?error=unknown_postcode_or_zip"
+        return

       end
       end

-      redirect_to :controller => 'geocoder', :action => 'results', :params => @res_ary
+    rescue
+      #Its likely that an api is down
+      redirect_to "/index.html?error=api_dpwn"

     end
   end
 
     end
   end
 

-  def result
-    @res = :params[@res_ary]
+  def results
+    @place_name = params[:place_name]
+    res_hash = {}
+    @res_ary = []
+    begin
+      Net::HTTP.start('ws.geonames.org') do |http|
+        res = http.get("/search?q=#{@place_name}&maxRows=10")
+        xml = REXML::Document.new(res.body)
+        xml.elements.each("geonames/geoname") do |ele|
+          res_hash = {}
+          ele.elements.each("name"){ |n| res_hash['name'] = n.text }
+          ele.elements.each("countryCode"){ |n| res_hash['countrycode'] = n.text }
+          ele.elements.each("countryName"){ |n| res_hash['countryname'] = n.text }
+          ele.elements.each("lat"){ |n| res_hash['lat'] = n.text }
+          ele.elements.each("lng"){ |n| res_hash['lon']= n.text }
+          @res_ary << res_hash
+        end 
+      end
+    rescue
+      #Flash a notice to say that geonames is broken
+      redirect_to "/index.html"
+    end

   end
 end
   end
 end