Geocoding CLI

README.md

Quick demo of how to use Google's Geocoding API.

Pass in an address/location as argument and the location coordinates are returned.

For example:

geocode.coffee '973 E 61st Street, Chicago, IL'

... returns:

{ lat: 41.7840748, lng: -87.6021859 }

See also Google's Geocoding Service.

geocode.coffee

#!/usr/bin/env coffee 
'''
Geocoding demo - find location coords for an address
    
'''
req = require 'request'
argv = require('optimist').argv

coords = (data) -> 
  if data.results.length
    console.log data.results[0].geometry.location
  else
    console.log "Could not identify location:", data.status

find = (address, callback) -> 
  url = 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?' \
      + "address=#{address}&sensor=false"
  req url, (err, res, body) -> callback JSON.parse(body)

address = if argv._.length 
  argv._ 
else 
  "27 Canterbury Way, Sewanee, TN 37375"

find address, coords