GoogleMapsGeocoder

A simple Plain Old Ruby Object wrapper for geocoding with Google Maps, GoogleMapsGeocoder gives you all its geocoding functionality with these advantages:

easy to use in only one step
fully documented with complete test coverage
lightweight at only 20.5 K as a gem (that’s less than a quarter the size of Geocoder)
only a single dependency, the commonly used Rack

Installation

Set your Google Maps API key, which Google now requires, as an environment variable:
```
 export GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY=[your key]
```
Add GoogleMapsGeocoder to your Gemfile and run bundle:
```
 gem 'google_maps_geocoder'
```
Or try it out in irb with:
```
 require 'google_maps_geocoder'
```

Security note

GoogleMapsGeocoder is cryptographically signed. To insure the gem you install hasn’t been tampered with, add my public key as a trusted certificate and then install:

gem cert --add <(curl -Ls https://raw.github.com/FoveaCentral/google_maps_geocoder/master/certs/ivanoblomov.pem)
gem install google_maps_geocoder -P HighSecurity

Ready to Go in One Step

chez_barack = GoogleMapsGeocoder.new 'White House'

Usage

Get the complete, formatted address:

chez_barack.formatted_address
 => "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, President's Park, Washington, DC 20500, USA"

…standardized name of the city:

chez_barack.city
 => "Washington"

…full name of the state or region:

chez_barack.state_long_name
 => "District of Columbia"

…standard abbreviation for the state/region:

chez_barack.state_short_name
 => "DC"

API

The complete, hopefully self-explanatory, API is:

GoogleMapsGeocoder#city
GoogleMapsGeocoder#country_long_name
GoogleMapsGeocoder#country_short_name
GoogleMapsGeocoder#county
GoogleMapsGeocoder#exact_match?
GoogleMapsGeocoder#formatted_address
GoogleMapsGeocoder#formatted_street_address
GoogleMapsGeocoder#lat
GoogleMapsGeocoder#lng
GoogleMapsGeocoder#partial_match?
GoogleMapsGeocoder#postal_code
GoogleMapsGeocoder#state_long_name
GoogleMapsGeocoder#state_short_name

For compatibility with Geocoder, the following aliases are also available:

GoogleMapsGeocoder#address
GoogleMapsGeocoder#coordinates
GoogleMapsGeocoder#country
GoogleMapsGeocoder#country_code
GoogleMapsGeocoder#latitude
GoogleMapsGeocoder#longitude
GoogleMapsGeocoder#state
GoogleMapsGeocoder#state_code

Documentation

Complete RDoc documentation is available at RubyDoc.info.