to_town

Find nearby towns of a geographic latitude and longitude. Currently it only has US locations. Other data sources can be added if available.

Usage

Install the gem: gem install to_town
add to_town to your Gemfile
add require 'to_town' to your code
You can get a list of nearby points by calling ToTown.check(some_latitude_value, some_longitude_value, results_limit)

Command line:

run to_town config to generate a mongoid.yml in the current directory
run to_town populate to load the data to mongodb
run to_town --lat=some_latitude_value --lng=some_longitude_value to check the result

Example:

to_town check --lat=45.018625 --lng=-93.239039 --limit=10

St. Anthony MN type: city latitude: 45.027324 longitude: -93.215533 land area: 5831140 water area: 305693

Columbia Heights MN type: city latitude: 45.049104 longitude: -93.246749 land area: 8832769 water area: 284420

Hilltop MN type: city latitude: 45.053564 longitude: -93.250129 land area: 310173 water area: 0

Lauderdale MN type: city latitude: 44.994407 longitude: -93.203134 land area: 1086715 water area: 2752

New Brighton MN type: city latitude: 45.064894 longitude: -93.209271 land area: 16731107 water area: 1545061

Minneapolis MN type: city latitude: 44.963324 longitude: -93.268284 land area: 139789184 water area: 9052448

Fridley MN type: city latitude: 45.084246 longitude: -93.26005 land area: 26329217 water area: 1873882

Falcon Heights MN type: city latitude: 44.988048 longitude: -93.174718 land area: 5785375 water area: 16906

Roseville MN type: city latitude: 45.015422 longitude: -93.155011 land area: 33679465 water area: 2168129

Arden Hills MN type: city latitude: 45.071161 longitude: -93.165504 land area: 22253249 water area: 2743210