= Graticule
Graticule is a geocoding API for looking up address coordinates. It supports many popular APIs, including Yahoo, Google, Geocoder.ca, Geocoder.us, PostcodeAnywhere and MetaCarta.
= Usage
require 'rubygems' require 'graticule' geocoder = Graticule.service(:google).new "api_key" location = geocoder.locate "61 East 9th Street, Holland, MI"
= Distance Calculation
Graticule includes 3 different distance formulas, Spherical (simplest but least accurate), Vincenty (most accurate and most complicated), and Haversine (somewhere inbetween).
geocoder.locate("Holland, MI").distance_to(geocoder.locate("Chicago, IL")) #=> 101.997458788177
= Command Line
Graticule includes a command line interface (CLI).
$ geocode -s yahoo -a yahookey Washington, DC Washington, DC US latitude: 38.895222, longitude: -77.036758
= Source
The source code for Graticule is available at http://source.collectiveidea.com/public/geocode/trunk
FAQs
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We found that GUI-graticule demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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