class GeocoderController < ApplicationController layout 'site' require 'uri' require 'net/http' require 'rexml/document' def search if params[:postcode] and not params[:postcode].empty? check_postcode(params[:postcode]) elsif params[:query][:postcode] and not params[:query][:postcode].empty? check_postcode(params[:query][:postcode]) elsif params[:query][:place_name] redirect_to :controller => 'geocoder', :action => 'results', :params => {:place_name => params[:query][:place_name]} end end def check_postcode(p) @postcode_arr = [] postcode = p.upcase escaped_postcode = postcode.sub(/\s/,'%20') begin 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}") if resp.body.match(/couldn't find this zip/) redirect_to :controller => params[:next_controller], :action => params[:next_action], :error => "invalid_zip_code" return end data = resp.body.split(/, /) # lat,long,town,state,zip lat = data[0] lon = data[1] redirect_to :controller => params[:next_controller], :action => params[:next_action], :mlat => lat, :mlon => lon, :zoom => 14 return end elsif postcode.match(/^([A-Z]{1,2}\d+[A-Z]?\s*\d[A-Z]{2})/) # 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 :controller => params[:next_controller], :action => params[:next_action], :mlat => lat, :mlon => lon, :zoom => 14 return end elsif postcode.match(/^[A-Z]\d[A-Z]\s*\d[A-Z]\d/) # It's a canadian postcode # Ask geocoder.ca (note - they have a per-day limit) postcode = postcode.sub(/\s/,'') Net::HTTP.start('geocoder.ca') do |http| resp = http.get("?geoit=XML&postal=#{postcode}") data_lat = resp.body.slice(/latt>.*?.*?]/)[1] lon = data_lon.split(/[<>]/)[1] redirect_to :controller => params[:next_controller], :action => params[:next_action], :mlat => lat, :mlon => lon, :zoom => 14 return end elsif postcode.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]) [0-9][ABD-HJLNP-UW-Z]{2}) /) #its a UK postcode begin Net::HTTP.start('www.freethepostcode.org') do |http| resp = http.get("/geocode?postcode=#{postcode}") lat = resp.body.scan(/[4-6][0-9]\.?[0-9]+/) lon = resp.body.scan(/[-+][0-9]\.?[0-9]+/) redirect_to :controller => params[:next_controller], :action => params[:next_action], :mlat => lat, :mlon => lon, :zoom => 14 return end rescue redirect_to :controller => params[:next_controller], :action => params[:next_action], :error => "invalid_postcode" #redirect to somewhere else end elsif # Some other postcode / zip code # Throw it at geonames, and see if they have any luck with it Net::HTTP.start('ws.geonames.org') do |http| resp = http.get("/postalCodeSearch?postalcode=#{escaped_postcode}&maxRows=1") hits = resp.body.slice(/totalResultsCount>.*?]/)[1] if hits == "0" # Geonames doesn't know, it's probably wrong redirect_to :controller => params[:next_controller], :action => params[:next_action], :error => "invalid_postcode_or_zip" return end data_lat = resp.body.slice(/lat>.*?.*?]/)[1] lon = data_lon.split(/[<>]/)[1] redirect_to :controller => params[:next_controller], :action => params[:next_action], :mlat => lat, :mlon => lon, :zoom => 14 end else # Some other postcode / zip file redirect_to :controller => params[:next_controller], :action => params[:next_action], :error => "invalid_postcode_or_zip" return end rescue #Its likely that an api is down redirect_to :controller => params[:next_controller], :action => params[:next_action], :error => "api_down" end end def results @place_name = params[:place_name] res_hash = {} @res_ary = [] begin Net::HTTP.start('ws.geonames.org') do |http| res = http.get("/search?q=#{URI.escape(@place_name)}&maxRows=10") xml = REXML::Document.new(res.body) xml.elements.each("geonames/geoname") do |ele| res_hash = {} ele.elements.each("name"){ |n| res_hash['name'] = n.text } ele.elements.each("countryCode"){ |n| res_hash['countrycode'] = n.text } ele.elements.each("countryName"){ |n| res_hash['countryname'] = n.text } ele.elements.each("lat"){ |n| res_hash['lat'] = n.text } ele.elements.each("lng"){ |n| res_hash['lon']= n.text } @res_ary << res_hash end end flash.delete(:notice) rescue Timeout::Error flash[:notice] = "Timed out waiting for results from ws.geonames.org" rescue Exception => ex flash[:notice] = "Error contacting ws.geonames.org: #{ex.to_s}" end end end