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SixArm.com » Ruby Gem » GeocodeAddress using Google Maps API to get location, latitude, longitude, etc.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/sixarm/sixarm_ruby_geocode_address
• Owner: SixArm
• License: other
• Created: 2011-01-25T06:50:13.000Z (over 15 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-09-15T19:28:13.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-02-06T00:27:45.956Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: address, geocode, google-maps, rails, ruby
• Language: Ruby
• Homepage: http://sixarm.com
• Size: 244 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGES.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: LICENSE.md
  • Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
  • Codeowners: CODEOWNERS

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# SixArm.com → Ruby → 
 GeocodeAddress gem to connect to Google Maps API

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## Introduction

GeocodeAddress uses the Google Maps API to geocode an address string to a JSON result.

The address will cache as much as possible as it initializes and calls the Google Maps API.

For docs go to 

Want to help? We're happy to get pull requests.

## Install

### Gem

To install this gem in your shell or terminal:

    gem install sixarm_ruby_geocode_address

### Gemfile

To add this gem to your Gemfile:

    gem 'sixarm_ruby_geocode_address'

### Require

To require the gem in your code:

    require 'sixarm_ruby_geocode_address'

## Examples

   address = GeocodeAddress.new("1 Main St, San Francisco, CA 94111")

   address.href  #=> "http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=1+Main+St,+San+Francisco,+CA+94111&sensor=false"

   address.get  #=> ...calls the Google Maps API via Net::HTTP and returns a JSON-formatted string of results

   address.json  #=> ...calls the Google Maps API via Net::HTTP and returns a JSON parse of results

   address.location  #=> {"lat" => 37.7931108, "lng" => -122.3964898}

   address.lat  #=> 37.7931108

   address.lng  #=> -122.3964898