https://github.com/mdb/phl_geocode.rb

Get latitude and longitude coordinates for a Philadelphia address.
https://github.com/mdb/phl_geocode.rb

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Get latitude and longitude coordinates for a Philadelphia address.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mdb/phl_geocode.rb
• Owner: mdb
• Created: 2012-11-17T17:16:39.000Z (over 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2013-05-25T23:50:15.000Z (about 13 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-25T17:49:30.753Z (about 1 year ago)
• Language: Ruby
• Size: 263 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 0
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# phl_geocode

A Ruby gem for getting latitude and longitude coordinates for a Philadelphia address.

This is the Ruby version of the Node.js [phl-geocode](http://github.com/mdb/phl-geocode).

The gem uses Philadelphia's [311 Mobile Data Service API](http://services.phila.gov/ULRS311).

## Get lat/long coordinates for a Philadelphia Address:

    require "phl_geocode"

    phl = PHLGeocode.new

    phl.get_coordinates "1500 Market Street"

Example response:

    

    [{

      :address => "1500 MARKET ST",

      :similarity => 100,

      :latitude => 39.9521740263203,

      :longitude => -75.1661518986459

    }, {

      :address => "1500S MARKET ST",

      :similarity => 99,

      :latitude => 39.9521740263203,

      :longitude => -75.1661518986459

    }]

## Get the address key for a Philadelphia Address:

    require "phl_geocode"

    phl = PHLGeocode.new

    phl.get_address_key "1500 Market Street"

Example response:

    {

      :agency_id => "26",

      :topic_name => "AddressKeys",

      :topic_id => "410526",

      :address_ref => "01500 MARKET ST"

    }

## Override default settings:

    require "phl_geocode"

    phl = PHLGeocode.new :min_confidence => 100

    phl.get_coordinates "1500 Market Street"