Class: Graticule::Geocoder::GeocoderUs

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Defined in:
lib/graticule/geocoder/geocoder_us.rb

Overview

A library for lookup up coordinates with geocoder.us’ API.

geocoder.us/help/

Constant Summary

Constants inherited from Base

Base::USER_AGENT

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(user = nil, password = nil) ⇒ GeocoderUs

Creates a new GeocoderUs object optionally using username and password.

You can sign up for a geocoder.us account here:

geocoder.us/user/signup



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# File 'lib/graticule/geocoder/geocoder_us.rb', line 15

def initialize(user = nil, password = nil)
  if user and password then
    @url = URI.parse 'http://geocoder.us/member/service/rest/geocode'
    @url.user = user
    @url.password = password
  else
    @url = URI.parse 'http://rpc.geocoder.us/service/rest/geocode'
  end
end

Instance Method Details

#locate(address) ⇒ Object

Locates address and returns the address’ latitude and longitude or raises an AddressError.



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# File 'lib/graticule/geocoder/geocoder_us.rb', line 27

def locate(address)
  get :address => address.is_a?(String) ? address : location_from_params(address).to_s(:country => false)
end