Class: Geokit::Geocoders::IpGeocoder

Inherits:

Geocoder

• Object
• Geocoder
• Geokit::Geocoders::IpGeocoder

Defined in:

lib/geokit/geocoders.rb

Overview

Provides geocoding based upon an IP address. The underlying web service is a hostip.info which sources their data through a combination of publicly available information as well as community contributions.

Constant Summary

NON_ROUTABLE_IP_RANGES =

A number of non-routable IP ranges.

– Sources for these:

RFC 3330: Special-Use IPv4 Addresses
The bogon list: http://www.cymru.com/Documents/bogon-list.html

[
	IPAddr.new('0.0.0.0/8'),      # "This" Network
	IPAddr.new('10.0.0.0/8'),     # Private-Use Networks
	IPAddr.new('14.0.0.0/8'),     # Public-Data Networks
	IPAddr.new('127.0.0.0/8'),    # Loopback
	IPAddr.new('169.254.0.0/16'), # Link local
	IPAddr.new('172.16.0.0/12'),  # Private-Use Networks
	IPAddr.new('192.0.2.0/24'),   # Test-Net
	IPAddr.new('192.168.0.0/16'), # Private-Use Networks
	IPAddr.new('198.18.0.0/15'),  # Network Interconnect Device Benchmark Testing
	IPAddr.new('224.0.0.0/4'),    # Multicast
	IPAddr.new('240.0.0.0/4')     # Reserved for future use
].freeze

Method Summary

Methods inherited from Geocoder

call_geocoder_service, do_reverse_geocode, geocode, reverse_geocode