1 class GeocoderController < ApplicationController
4 require 'rexml/document'
10 if query.match(/^\d{5}(-\d{4})?$/)
11 results.push search_us_postcode(query)
12 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)
13 results.push search_uk_postcode(query)
14 elsif query.match(/[A-Z]\d[A-Z]\s*\d[A-Z]\d/i)
15 results.push search_ca_postcode(query)
17 results.push search_osm_namefinder(query)
18 results.push search_geonames(query)
21 results_count = count_results(results)
23 render :update do |page|
24 page.replace_html :search_results_content, :partial => 'results', :object => results
27 position = results.collect { |s| s[:results] }.compact.flatten[0]
28 page.call "setPosition", position[:lat], position[:lon], position[:zoom]
30 page.call "openSearchResults"
41 results.push description_osm_namefinder("cities", lat, lon, 2)
42 results.push description_osm_namefinder("towns", lat, lon, 4)
43 results.push description_osm_namefinder("places", lat, lon, 10)
45 render :update do |page|
46 page.replace_html :search_results_content, :partial => 'results', :object => results
47 page.call "openSearchResults"
53 def search_us_postcode(query)
56 # ask geocoder.us (they have a non-commercial use api)
57 response = fetch_text("http://rpc.geocoder.us/service/csv?zip=#{URI.escape(query)}")
60 unless response.match(/couldn't find this zip/)
61 data = response.split(/\s*,\s+/) # lat,long,town,state,zip
62 results.push({:lat => data[0], :lon => data[1], :zoom => 12,
63 :prefix => "#{data[2]}, #{data[3]}, ",
67 return { :source => "Geocoder.us", :url => "http://geocoder.us/", :results => results }
68 rescue Exception => ex
69 return { :source => "Geocoder.us", :url => "http://geocoder.us/", :error => "Error contacting rpc.geocoder.us: #{ex.to_s}" }
72 def search_uk_postcode(query)
75 # ask npemap.org.uk to do a combined npemap + freethepostcode search
76 response = fetch_text("http://www.npemap.org.uk/cgi/geocoder.fcgi?format=text&postcode=#{URI.escape(query)}")
79 unless response.match(/Error/)
80 dataline = response.split(/\n/)[1]
81 data = dataline.split(/,/) # easting,northing,postcode,lat,long
82 results.push({:lat => data[3], :lon => data[4], :zoom => 12,
83 :name => data[2].gsub(/'/, "")})
86 return { :source => "NPEMap / FreeThePostcode", :url => "http://www.npemap.org.uk/", :results => results }
87 rescue Exception => ex
88 return { :source => "NPEMap / FreeThePostcode", :url => "http://www.npemap.org.uk/", :error => "Error contacting www.npemap.org.uk: #{ex.to_s}" }
91 def search_ca_postcode(query)
94 # ask geocoder.ca (note - they have a per-day limit)
95 response = fetch_xml("http://geocoder.ca/?geoit=XML&postal=#{URI.escape(query)}")
98 unless response.get_elements("geodata/error")
99 results.push({:lat => response.get_text("geodata/latt").to_s,
100 :lon => response.get_text("geodata/longt").to_s,
102 :name => query.upcase})
105 return { :source => "Geocoder.CA", :url => "http://geocoder.ca/", :results => results }
106 rescue Exception => ex
107 return { :source => "Geocoder.CA", :url => "http://geocoder.ca/", :error => "Error contacting geocoder.ca: #{ex.to_s}" }
110 def search_osm_namefinder(query)
114 response = fetch_xml("http://www.frankieandshadow.com/osm/search.xml?find=#{URI.escape(query)}")
117 response.elements.each("searchresults/named") do |named|
118 lat = named.attributes["lat"].to_s
119 lon = named.attributes["lon"].to_s
120 zoom = named.attributes["zoom"].to_s
121 place = named.elements["place/named"] || named.elements["nearestplaces/named"]
122 type = named.attributes["info"].to_s.capitalize
123 name = named.attributes["name"].to_s
124 description = named.elements["description"].to_s
132 distance = format_distance(place.attributes["approxdistance"].to_i)
133 direction = format_direction(place.attributes["direction"].to_i)
134 placename = place.attributes["name"].to_s
135 suffix = ", #{distance} #{direction} of #{placename}"
139 results.push({:lat => lat, :lon => lon, :zoom => zoom,
140 :prefix => prefix, :name => name, :suffix => suffix,
141 :description => description})
144 return { :source => "OpenStreetMap Namefinder", :url => "http://www.frankieandshadow.com/osm/", :results => results }
145 rescue Exception => ex
146 return { :source => "OpenStreetMap Namefinder", :url => "http://www.frankieandshadow.com/osm/", :error => "Error contacting www.frankieandshadow.com: #{ex.to_s}" }
149 def search_geonames(query)
153 response = fetch_xml("http://ws.geonames.org/search?q=#{URI.escape(query)}&maxRows=20")
156 response.elements.each("geonames/geoname") do |geoname|
157 lat = geoname.get_text("lat").to_s
158 lon = geoname.get_text("lng").to_s
159 name = geoname.get_text("name").to_s
160 country = geoname.get_text("countryName").to_s
161 results.push({:lat => lat, :lon => lon, :zoom => 12,
163 :suffix => ", #{country}"})
166 return { :source => "GeoNames", :url => "http://www.geonames.org/", :results => results }
167 rescue Exception => ex
168 return { :source => "GeoNames", :url => "http://www.geonames.org/", :error => "Error contacting ws.geonames.org: #{ex.to_s}" }
171 def description_osm_namefinder(types, lat, lon, max)
175 response = fetch_xml("http://www.frankieandshadow.com/osm/search.xml?find=#{types}+near+#{lat},#{lon}&max=#{max}")
178 response.elements.each("searchresults/named") do |named|
179 lat = named.attributes["lat"].to_s
180 lon = named.attributes["lon"].to_s
181 zoom = named.attributes["zoom"].to_s
182 place = named.elements["place/named"] || named.elements["nearestplaces/named"]
183 type = named.attributes["info"].to_s
184 name = named.attributes["name"].to_s
185 description = named.elements["description"].to_s
186 distance = format_distance(place.attributes["approxdistance"].to_i)
187 direction = format_direction(360 - place.attributes["direction"].to_i)
188 prefix = "#{distance} #{direction} of #{type} "
189 results.push({:lat => lat, :lon => lon, :zoom => zoom,
190 :prefix => prefix.capitalize, :name => name,
191 :description => description})
194 return { :type => types.capitalize, :source => "OpenStreetMap Namefinder", :url => "http://www.frankieandshadow.com/osm/", :results => results }
195 rescue Exception => ex
196 return { :type => types.capitalize, :source => "OpenStreetMap Namefinder", :url => "http://www.frankieandshadow.com/osm/", :error => "Error contacting www.frankieandshadow.com: #{ex.to_s}" }
200 return Net::HTTP.get(URI.parse(url))
204 return REXML::Document.new(fetch_text(url))
207 def format_distance(distance)
208 return "less than 1km" if distance == 0
209 return "about #{distance}km"
212 def format_direction(bearing)
213 return "south-west" if bearing >= 22.5 and bearing < 67.5
214 return "south" if bearing >= 67.5 and bearing < 112.5
215 return "south-east" if bearing >= 112.5 and bearing < 157.5
216 return "east" if bearing >= 157.5 and bearing < 202.5
217 return "north-east" if bearing >= 202.5 and bearing < 247.5
218 return "north" if bearing >= 247.5 and bearing < 292.5
219 return "north-west" if bearing >= 292.5 and bearing < 337.5
223 def count_results(results)
226 results.each do |source|
227 count += source[:results].length if source[:results]