Comparing rails geo-plugins
There seems to be quite a plethora of Ruby/Rails libraries appearing aiming to simplify handling geography and distances. In some cases these libraries do quite distinct things (zip codes vs....
View ArticleRails Geo Plugins: acts_as_geocodable
acts_as_geocodable (blog entry, repository) is the newest kid on the rails geo plugin block. It actually consists of two parts, a gem called graticule which handles the actual geocoding, interacting...
View ArticleExtending acts_as_geocodable
After writing my review of acts_as_geocodable/graticule earlier in the week, I decided to go searching for geocoding services that might offer data for addresses outside of North America. One that I...
View ArticleRails Geo Plugins: GeoKit
There’s quite a bit of overlap between GeoKit and acts_as_geocodable/graticule, as the latter pair were based on GeoKit. But it provides at least one feature (IP-based location lookup) that they don’t,...
View ArticleGraticule and acts_as_geocodable updates
Graticule and acts_as_geocodable, which I wrote about here, has a new release with a couple of updates worthy of note. First up is the addition of new geocoders which provide better coverage of...
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