Class: String
- Inherits:
-
Object
- Object
- String
- Defined in:
- lib/string_to_point.rb
Overview
Craig Ulliott geocode a string, and return a Point
Instance Method Summary collapse
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#to_point(street_only = true) ⇒ Object
sends this string to google geocoder, parses the response and returns a Point.
Instance Method Details
#to_point(street_only = true) ⇒ Object
sends this string to google geocoder, parses the response and returns a Point
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# File 'lib/string_to_point.rb', line 6 def to_point street_only = true begin address = self response = HTTParty.get('http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json', :format => :json, :query => {:address => address, :sensor => 'false'}) if street_only raise 'not enough accuracy from results' unless ["street_address", 'subpremise'].include? response["results"][0]["types"][0] end latlon = response["results"][0]["geometry"]["location"] return Point.from_x_y latlon["lng"], latlon["lat"] rescue Exception => e return nil end end |