Quick demo of how to use Google's reverse geocoding API.
Pass in a pair of latitude/longitude coordinates as args and the address is returned.
For example:
address.coffee 41.7840748 -87.6021859
... returns:
959-999 East 61st Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
See also Google's reverse geocoding service.
| #!/usr/bin/env coffee | |
| ''' | |
| Reverse geocoding demo: find address for given location coords. | |
| ''' | |
| req = require 'request' | |
| argv = require('optimist').argv | |
| find = (lat, lng) -> | |
| url = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?" \ | |
| + "latlng=#{lat},#{lng}&sensor=false" | |
| req url, (err, res, body) -> | |
| data = JSON.parse(body) | |
| console.log data.results[0].formatted_address | |
| latitude = 41.7840748 | |
| longitude = -87.6021859 | |
| if argv._.length is 2 | |
| latitude = argv._[0] | |
| longitude = argv._[1] | |
| find latitude, longitude |