- if params[:query][:place_name] != nil or ""
- place_name = params[:query][:place_name]
- Net::HTTP.start('ws.geonames.org') do |http|
- res = http.get("/search?q=#{place_name}&maxRows=10")
- xml = REXML::Document.new(res.body)
- xml.elements.each("/geonames/geoname") do |ele|
- ele.elements.each("name"){ |n| @res_hash['name'] = n.text }
- ele.elements.each("countryCode"){ |n| @res_hash['country'] = n.text }
- ele.elements.each("lat"){ |n| @res_hash['lat'] = n.text }
- ele.elements.each("lng"){ |n| @res_hash['lon']= n.text }
+ if postcode.match(/(^\d{5}$)|(^\d{5}-\d{4}$)/)
+ # Its a zip code - ask geocoder.us
+ # (They have a non commerical use api)
+ Net::HTTP.start('rpc.geocoder.us') do |http|
+ resp = http.get("/service/csv?zip=#{postcode}")
+ data = resp.body.split(/, /) # lat,long,town,state,zip
+ lat = data[0]
+ lon = data[1]
+ redirect_to "/index.html?lat=#{lat}&lon=#{lon}&zoom=14"
+ end
+ elsif postcode.match(/^(\w{1,2}\d+\w?\s*\d\w\w)/)
+ # It matched our naive UK postcode regexp
+ # Ask npemap to do a combined npemap + freethepostcode search
+ Net::HTTP.start('www.npemap.org.uk') do |http|
+ resp = http.get("/cgi/geocoder.fcgi?format=text&postcode=#{escaped_postcode}")
+ dataline = resp.body.split(/\n/)[1]
+ data = dataline.split(/,/) # easting,northing,postcode,lat,long
+ lat = data[3]
+ lon = data[4]
+ redirect_to "/index.html?lat=#{lat}&lon=#{lon}&zoom=14"