1 class GeocoderController < ApplicationController
4 require 'rexml/document'
13 if query.match(/^[+-]?\d+(\.\d*)?\s*[\s,]\s*[+-]?\d+(\.\d*)?$/)
14 results.push search_latlon(query)
15 elsif query.match(/^\d{5}(-\d{4})?$/)
16 results.push search_us_postcode(query)
17 elsif query.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])\s*[0-9][ABD-HJLNP-UW-Z]{2})$/i)
18 results.push search_uk_postcode(query)
19 results.push search_osm_namefinder(query)
20 elsif query.match(/^[A-Z]\d[A-Z]\s*\d[A-Z]\d$/i)
21 results.push search_ca_postcode(query)
23 results.push search_osm_namefinder(query)
24 results.push search_geonames(query)
27 results_count = count_results(results)
29 render :update do |page|
30 page.replace_html :sidebar_content, :partial => 'results', :object => results
33 position = results.collect { |s| s[:results] }.compact.flatten[0]
34 page.call "setPosition", position[:lat].to_f, position[:lon].to_f, position[:zoom].to_i
36 page.call "openSidebar"
47 results.push description_osm_namefinder("cities", lat, lon, 2)
48 results.push description_osm_namefinder("towns", lat, lon, 4)
49 results.push description_osm_namefinder("places", lat, lon, 10)
50 results.push description_geonames(lat, lon)
52 render :update do |page|
53 page.replace_html :sidebar_content, :partial => 'results', :object => results
54 page.call "openSidebar"
60 def search_latlon(query)
64 if m = query.match(/^([+-]?\d+(\.\d*)?)\s*[\s,]\s*([+-]?\d+(\.\d*)?)$/)
70 if lat < -90 or lat > 90
71 return { :source => "Internal", :url => "http://openstreetmap.org/", :error => "Latitude #{lat} out of range" }
72 elsif lon < -180 or lon > 180
73 return { :source => "Internal", :url => "http://openstreetmap.org/", :error => "Longitude #{lon} out of range" }
75 results.push({:lat => lat, :lon => lon,
76 :zoom => APP_CONFIG['postcode_zoom'],
77 :name => "#{lat}, #{lon}"})
79 return { :source => "Internal", :url => "http://openstreetmap.org/", :results => results }
83 def search_us_postcode(query)
86 # ask geocoder.us (they have a non-commercial use api)
87 response = fetch_text("http://rpc.geocoder.us/service/csv?zip=#{escape_query(query)}")
90 unless response.match(/couldn't find this zip/)
91 data = response.split(/\s*,\s+/) # lat,long,town,state,zip
92 results.push({:lat => data[0], :lon => data[1],
93 :zoom => APP_CONFIG['postcode_zoom'],
94 :prefix => "#{data[2]}, #{data[3]}, ",
98 return { :source => "Geocoder.us", :url => "http://geocoder.us/", :results => results }
99 rescue Exception => ex
100 return { :source => "Geocoder.us", :url => "http://geocoder.us/", :error => "Error contacting rpc.geocoder.us: #{ex.to_s}" }
103 def search_uk_postcode(query)
106 # ask npemap.org.uk to do a combined npemap + freethepostcode search
107 response = fetch_text("http://www.npemap.org.uk/cgi/geocoder.fcgi?format=text&postcode=#{escape_query(query)}")
110 unless response.match(/Error/)
111 dataline = response.split(/\n/)[1]
112 data = dataline.split(/,/) # easting,northing,postcode,lat,long
113 postcode = data[2].gsub(/'/, "")
114 zoom = APP_CONFIG['postcode_zoom'] - postcode.count("#")
115 results.push({:lat => data[3], :lon => data[4], :zoom => zoom,
119 return { :source => "NPEMap / FreeThePostcode", :url => "http://www.npemap.org.uk/", :results => results }
120 rescue Exception => ex
121 return { :source => "NPEMap / FreeThePostcode", :url => "http://www.npemap.org.uk/", :error => "Error contacting www.npemap.org.uk: #{ex.to_s}" }
124 def search_ca_postcode(query)
127 # ask geocoder.ca (note - they have a per-day limit)
128 response = fetch_xml("http://geocoder.ca/?geoit=XML&postal=#{escape_query(query)}")
131 if response.get_elements("geodata/error").empty?
132 results.push({:lat => response.get_text("geodata/latt").to_s,
133 :lon => response.get_text("geodata/longt").to_s,
134 :zoom => APP_CONFIG['postcode_zoom'],
135 :name => query.upcase})
138 return { :source => "Geocoder.CA", :url => "http://geocoder.ca/", :results => results }
139 rescue Exception => ex
140 return { :source => "Geocoder.CA", :url => "http://geocoder.ca/", :error => "Error contacting geocoder.ca: #{ex.to_s}" }
143 def search_osm_namefinder(query)
147 response = fetch_xml("http://gazetteer.openstreetmap.org/namefinder/search.xml?find=#{escape_query(query)}")
150 response.elements.each("searchresults/named") do |named|
151 lat = named.attributes["lat"].to_s
152 lon = named.attributes["lon"].to_s
153 zoom = named.attributes["zoom"].to_s
154 place = named.elements["place/named"] || named.elements["nearestplaces/named"]
155 type = named.attributes["info"].to_s.capitalize
156 name = named.attributes["name"].to_s
157 description = named.elements["description"].to_s
167 distance = format_distance(place.attributes["approxdistance"].to_i)
168 direction = format_direction(place.attributes["direction"].to_i)
169 placename = format_name(place.attributes["name"].to_s)
170 suffix = ", #{distance} #{direction} of #{placename}"
172 if place.attributes["rank"].to_i <= 30
177 place.elements.each("nearestplaces/named") do |nearest|
178 nearestrank = nearest.attributes["rank"].to_i
179 nearestscore = nearestrank / nearest.attributes["distance"].to_f
181 if nearestrank > 30 and
182 ( nearestscore > parentscore or
183 ( nearestscore == parentscore and nearestrank > parentrank ) )
185 parentrank = nearestrank
186 parentscore = nearestscore
191 parentname = format_name(parent.attributes["name"].to_s)
193 if place.attributes["info"].to_s == "suburb"
194 suffix = "#{suffix}, #{parentname}"
196 parentdistance = format_distance(parent.attributes["approxdistance"].to_i)
197 parentdirection = format_direction(parent.attributes["direction"].to_i)
198 suffix = "#{suffix} (#{parentdistance} #{parentdirection} of #{parentname})"
206 results.push({:lat => lat, :lon => lon, :zoom => zoom,
207 :prefix => prefix, :name => name, :suffix => suffix,
208 :description => description})
211 return { :source => "OpenStreetMap Namefinder", :url => "http://gazetteer.openstreetmap.org/namefinder/", :results => results }
212 rescue Exception => ex
213 return { :source => "OpenStreetMap Namefinder", :url => "http://gazetteer.openstreetmap.org/namefinder/", :error => "Error contacting gazetteer.openstreetmap.org: #{ex.to_s}" }
216 def search_geonames(query)
220 response = fetch_xml("http://ws.geonames.org/search?q=#{escape_query(query)}&maxRows=20")
223 response.elements.each("geonames/geoname") do |geoname|
224 lat = geoname.get_text("lat").to_s
225 lon = geoname.get_text("lng").to_s
226 name = geoname.get_text("name").to_s
227 country = geoname.get_text("countryName").to_s
228 results.push({:lat => lat, :lon => lon,
229 :zoom => APP_CONFIG['geonames_zoom'],
231 :suffix => ", #{country}"})
234 return { :source => "GeoNames", :url => "http://www.geonames.org/", :results => results }
235 rescue Exception => ex
236 return { :source => "GeoNames", :url => "http://www.geonames.org/", :error => "Error contacting ws.geonames.org: #{ex.to_s}" }
239 def description_osm_namefinder(types, lat, lon, max)
243 response = fetch_xml("http://gazetteer.openstreetmap.org/namefinder/search.xml?find=#{types}+near+#{lat},#{lon}&max=#{max}")
246 response.elements.each("searchresults/named") do |named|
247 lat = named.attributes["lat"].to_s
248 lon = named.attributes["lon"].to_s
249 zoom = named.attributes["zoom"].to_s
250 place = named.elements["place/named"] || named.elements["nearestplaces/named"]
251 type = named.attributes["info"].to_s
252 name = named.attributes["name"].to_s
253 description = named.elements["description"].to_s
254 distance = format_distance(place.attributes["approxdistance"].to_i)
255 direction = format_direction((place.attributes["direction"].to_i - 180) % 360)
256 prefix = "#{distance} #{direction} of #{type} "
257 results.push({:lat => lat, :lon => lon, :zoom => zoom,
258 :prefix => prefix.capitalize, :name => name,
259 :description => description})
262 return { :type => types.capitalize, :source => "OpenStreetMap Namefinder", :url => "http://gazetteer.openstreetmap.org/namefinder/", :results => results }
263 rescue Exception => ex
264 return { :type => types.capitalize, :source => "OpenStreetMap Namefinder", :url => "http://gazetteer.openstreetmap.org/namefinder/", :error => "Error contacting gazetteer.openstreetmap.org: #{ex.to_s}" }
267 def description_geonames(lat, lon)
271 response = fetch_xml("http://ws.geonames.org/countrySubdivision?lat=#{lat}&lng=#{lon}")
274 response.elements.each("geonames/countrySubdivision") do |geoname|
275 name = geoname.get_text("adminName1").to_s
276 country = geoname.get_text("countryName").to_s
277 results.push({:prefix => "#{name}, #{country}"})
280 return { :type => "Location", :source => "GeoNames", :url => "http://www.geonames.org/", :results => results }
281 rescue Exception => ex
282 return { :type => "Location", :source => "GeoNames", :url => "http://www.geonames.org/", :error => "Error contacting ws.geonames.org: #{ex.to_s}" }
286 return Net::HTTP.get(URI.parse(url))
290 return REXML::Document.new(fetch_text(url))
293 def format_distance(distance)
294 return "less than 1km" if distance == 0
295 return "about #{distance}km"
298 def format_direction(bearing)
299 return "south-west" if bearing >= 22.5 and bearing < 67.5
300 return "south" if bearing >= 67.5 and bearing < 112.5
301 return "south-east" if bearing >= 112.5 and bearing < 157.5
302 return "east" if bearing >= 157.5 and bearing < 202.5
303 return "north-east" if bearing >= 202.5 and bearing < 247.5
304 return "north" if bearing >= 247.5 and bearing < 292.5
305 return "north-west" if bearing >= 292.5 and bearing < 337.5
309 def format_name(name)
310 return name.gsub(/( *\[[^\]]*\])*$/, "")
313 def count_results(results)
316 results.each do |source|
317 count += source[:results].length if source[:results]
323 def escape_query(query)
324 return URI.escape(query, Regexp.new("[^#{URI::PATTERN::UNRESERVED}]", false, 'N'))