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geonames_test.rb
require 'rubygems'
require 'geonames'
places_nearby = Geonames::WebService.find_nearby_place_name 43.900120387, -78.882869834
p places_nearby
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ruby api:
http://www.tbcn.ca/ruby_geonames
geonames-api:
http://www.geonames.org/export/ws-overview.html
zip-code-lookup example (germany)
http://ws.geonames.org/postalCodeSearch?postalcode=10243&maxRows=10&style=full&country=de
beispiel-url fuer google-maps bahnhof-problem-workaround:
http://ws.geonames.org/findNearbyPlaceName?lat=47.3&lng=9.1
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