class GeocoderController < ApplicationController require 'uri' require 'net/http' require 'rexml/document' def search @query = params[:query] @results = Array.new if @query.match(/^\d{5}(-\d{4})?$/) @results.push search_us_postcode(@query) 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) @results.push search_uk_postcode(@query) elsif @query.match(/[A-Z]\d[A-Z]\s*\d[A-Z]\d/i) @results.push search_ca_postcode(@query) else @results.push search_osm_namefinder(@query) @results.push search_geonames(@query) end end private def search_us_postcode(query) results = Array.new # ask geocoder.us (they have a non-commercial use api) response = fetch_text("http://rpc.geocoder.us/service/csv?zip=#{URI.escape(query)}") # parse the response unless response.match(/couldn't find this zip/) data = response.split(/\s*,\s+/) # lat,long,town,state,zip results.push({:lat => data[0], :lon => data[1], :zoom => 12, :prefix => "#{data[2]}, #{data[3]}, ", :name => data[4]}) end return { :source => "Geocoder.us", :url => "http://geocoder.us/", :results => results } rescue Exception => ex return { :source => "Geocoder.us", :url => "http://geocoder.us/", :error => "Error contacting rpc.geocoder.us: #{ex.to_s}" } end def search_uk_postcode(query) results = Array.new # ask npemap.org.uk to do a combined npemap + freethepostcode search response = fetch_text("http://www.npemap.org.uk/cgi/geocoder.fcgi?format=text&postcode=#{URI.escape(query)}") # parse the response unless response.match(/Error/) dataline = response.split(/\n/)[1] data = dataline.split(/,/) # easting,northing,postcode,lat,long results.push({:lat => data[3], :lon => data[4], :zoom => 12, :name => data[2].gsub(/'/, "")}) end return { :source => "NPEMap / FreeThePostcode", :url => "http://www.npemap.org.uk/", :results => results } rescue Exception => ex return { :source => "NPEMap / FreeThePostcode", :url => "http://www.npemap.org.uk/", :error => "Error contacting www.npemap.org.uk: #{ex.to_s}" } end def search_ca_postcode(query) results = Array.new # ask geocoder.ca (note - they have a per-day limit) response = fetch_xml("http://geocoder.ca/?geoit=XML&postal=#{URI.escape(query)}") # parse the response unless response.get_elements("geodata/error") results.push({:lat => response.get_text("geodata/latt").to_s, :lon => response.get_text("geodata/longt").to_s, :zoom => 12, :name => query.upcase}) end return { :source => "Geocoder.CA", :url => "http://geocoder.ca/", :results => results } rescue Exception => ex return { :source => "Geocoder.CA", :url => "http://geocoder.ca/", :error => "Error contacting geocoder.ca: #{ex.to_s}" } end def search_osm_namefinder(query) results = Array.new # ask OSM namefinder response = fetch_xml("http://www.frankieandshadow.com/osm/search.xml?find=#{URI.escape(query)}") # parse the response response.elements.each("searchresults/named") do |named| lat = named.attributes["lat"].to_s lon = named.attributes["lon"].to_s zoom = named.attributes["zoom"].to_s place = named.elements["place/named"] || named.elements["nearestplaces/named"] type = named.attributes["info"].to_s.capitalize name = named.attributes["name"].to_s description = named.elements["description"].to_s if place distance = format_distance(place.attributes["approxdistance"].to_i) direction = format_direction(place.attributes["direction"].to_i) placename = place.attributes["name"].to_s results.push({:lat => lat, :lon => lon, :zoom => zoom, :prefix => "#{type} ", :name => name, :suffix => ", #{distance} #{direction} of #{placename}", :description => description}) else results.push({:lat => lat, :lon => lon, :zoom => zoom, :prefix => "#{type} ", :name => name, :description => description}) end end return { :source => "OpenStreetMap Namefinder", :url => "http://www.frankieandshadow.com/osm/", :results => results } rescue Exception => ex return { :source => "OpenStreetMap Namefinder", :url => "http://www.frankieandshadow.com/osm/", :error => "Error contacting www.frankieandshadow.com: #{ex.to_s}" } end def search_geonames(query) results = Array.new # ask geonames.org response = fetch_xml("http://ws.geonames.org/search?q=#{URI.escape(query)}&maxRows=20") # parse the response response.elements.each("geonames/geoname") do |geoname| lat = geoname.get_text("lat").to_s lon = geoname.get_text("lng").to_s name = geoname.get_text("name").to_s country = geoname.get_text("countryName").to_s results.push({:lat => lat, :lon => lon, :zoom => 12, :name => name, :suffix => ", #{country}"}) end return { :source => "GeoNames", :url => "http://www.geonames.org/", :results => results } rescue Exception => ex return { :source => "GeoNames", :url => "http://www.geonames.org/", :error => "Error contacting ws.geonames.org: #{ex.to_s}" } end def fetch_text(url) return Net::HTTP.get(URI.parse(url)) end def fetch_xml(url) return REXML::Document.new(fetch_text(url)) end def format_distance(distance) return "less than 1km" if distance == 0 return "about #{distance}km" end def format_direction(bearing) return "south-west" if bearing >= 22.5 and bearing < 67.5 return "south" if bearing >= 67.5 and bearing < 112.5 return "south-east" if bearing >= 112.5 and bearing < 157.5 return "east" if bearing >= 157.5 and bearing < 202.5 return "north-east" if bearing >= 202.5 and bearing < 247.5 return "north" if bearing >= 247.5 and bearing < 292.5 return "north-west" if bearing >= 292.5 and bearing < 337.5 return "west" end end