to_town

Find nearby towns of a geographic latitude and longitude. Currently it only has US locations. Other data sources can be added if available.

Usage

Install the gem: gem install to_town
add to_town to your Gemfile
add require ‘to_town’ to your code
You can get a list of nearby points by calling ToTown.check(some_latitude_value, some_longitude_value, results_limit)

Command line:

run ‘to_town config` to generate a mongoid.yml in the current directory
run ‘to_town populate` to load the data to mongodb
run ‘to_town –lat=some_latitude_value –lng=some_longitude_value` to check the result

Example:

to_town check –lat=45.018625 –lng=-93.239039 –limit=10

St. Anthony MN

type: city
latitude: 45.027324
longitude: -93.215533
land area: 5831140
water area: 305693

Columbia Heights MN

type: city
latitude: 45.049104
longitude: -93.246749
land area: 8832769
water area: 284420

Hilltop MN

type: city
latitude: 45.053564
longitude: -93.250129
land area: 310173
water area: 0

Lauderdale MN

type: city
latitude: 44.994407
longitude: -93.203134
land area: 1086715
water area: 2752

New Brighton MN

type: city
latitude: 45.064894
longitude: -93.209271
land area: 16731107
water area: 1545061

Minneapolis MN

type: city
latitude: 44.963324
longitude: -93.268284
land area: 139789184
water area: 9052448

Fridley MN

type: city
latitude: 45.084246
longitude: -93.26005
land area: 26329217
water area: 1873882

Falcon Heights MN

type: city
latitude: 44.988048
longitude: -93.174718
land area: 5785375
water area: 16906

Roseville MN

type: city
latitude: 45.015422
longitude: -93.155011
land area: 33679465
water area: 2168129

Arden Hills MN

type: city
latitude: 45.071161
longitude: -93.165504
land area: 22253249
water area: 2743210