geoference plugin helper

georeference_buddy.rb

require 'geocoder'
require 'highline/import'

puts "to use this tool again after running, run `GeoreferencerBuddy.go`.\nto use just the lat/lng plucker, there is also a class method called `pluck`"
#
#this tool is best if added as an alias to .bash_profile or equivalent.
#example:
#alias georeference='ruby /Users/davo/helpers/georeference_buddy.rb'
#alias geo='georeference'


class GeoreferenceBuddy
  
  def self.pluck_lat_lng(geocoder_response)
    geocoder_response[0].data['geometry']['location'].values
  end
  
  def self.go
    $query, $resp, $lat, $lng = nil, nil, nil, nil
    #artifacts ($query, $resp, $lat & $lng) cleared. starting georeference helper process.\n****************************\n"
    city_state = ask "City, State?"
    puts "running for #{city_state}"
    continue = true
    while continue == true
      $query = (ask "please type an intersection") + ", " + city_state
      raise "your query needs to include the word 'and' in some form or symbol" unless $query.downcase =~ /and|\&/
      $resp = Geocoder.search($query)

      if $resp.count > 1
        puts "more than one match returned. shown below. using first one by default"
        ap $resp
        puts "--------\ncontinuing with process for first match...\n"
      end
      $lat,$lng = pluck_lat_lng($resp)
      `echo #{$lat}| pbcopy`
      ask "copied latitude to clipboard. press any key to continue\n#{$lat}"
      `echo #{$lng} | pbcopy`
      ask "copied longitude (#{$lng} to clipboard process completed. press any key to continue.\n#{$lng}"
      continue_loop_response = ask ="\npress 's' or 'n' to halt process. otherwise press enter to start over with a new spot\n"
      continue = continue_loop_response.downcase =~ /s|n/ ? false : true
    end
    puts "aut-o-mation."
  end# of method
  
end# of class

GeoreferenceBuddy.go