GoogleMapsGeocoder

A simple Plain Old Ruby Object wrapper for geocoding with Google Maps.

Installation

Add GoogleMapsGeocoder to your Gemfile and run bundle:

  gem 'google_maps_geocoder'

Or try it out in irb with:

  require './lib/google_maps_geocoder/google_maps_geocoder'

chez_barack = GoogleMapsGeocoder.new '1600 Pennsylvania DC'

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"

The complete, hopefully self-explanatory, API is:

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

To have GoogleMapsGeocoder use your Google Maps API key, set it as an environment variable:

export GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY=[your key]