Original Places Controller create method

place.rb

class Place < ActiveRecord::Base
  
  after_save :create_simplegeo_record 
  
  private
  
  def create_simplegeo_record
    begin
      record = SimpleGeo::Record.new({
        :id => self.id,
        :created => Time.now,
        :lon => self.longitude,
        :lat => self.latitude,          
        :layer => 'com.getcoke.testdata',
        :properties => {
          :name =>    self.place_name,
          :notes =>   self.notes,
          :address => self.address,
          :city =>    self.city,
          :state =>   self.state,
          :zip =>     self.zip
        }        
      })
      SimpleGeo::Client.add_record(record)    
    rescue => e
      # Doing nothing here, but I would add some error checking
    end
  end
end

places_controller.rb

def create
  @place = Place.new(params[:place])
  
  if @place.save
    respond_with(@place) do |format|
      format.html { redirect_to( @place, :notice => "Great, this coke was saved!" ) }
    end
  else
      render :action => :new
    end
end