class GeocoderController < ApplicationController layout 'site' require 'net/http' require 'rexml/document' def search res_hash = {} @postcode_arr = [] @res_ary = [] if params[:query][:postcode] postcode = params[:query][:postcode].upcase escaped_postcode = postcode.sub(/\s/,'%20') 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 "/index.html?error=invalid_zip_code" return end 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(/^([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 "/index.html?lat=#{lat}&lon=#{lon}&zoom=14" 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 "/index.html?lat=#{lat}&lon=#{lon}&zoom=14" end else # 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 "/index.html?error=unknown_postcode_or_zip" return end data_lat = resp.body.slice(/lat>.*?.*?]/)[1] lon = data_lon.split(/[<>]/)[1] redirect_to "/index.html?lat=#{lat}&lon=#{lon}&zoom=14" end end else 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| res_hash = {} ele.elements.each("name"){ |n| res_hash['name'] = n.text } ele.elements.each("countryCode"){ |n| res_hash['country_code'] = n.text } ele.elements.each("countryNode"){ |n| res_hash['country_name'] = 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 end redirect_to :controller => 'geocoder', :action => 'results', :params => @res_ary end end def result @res = :params[@res_ary] end end