gistfile1.sh

function xmlcurl {
    curl -s $1 | tidy -xml -i -w 0 -q
}

YAHOO_API_ENDPOINT="http://where.yahooapis.com/v1"
# get this APP_ID from http://developer.yahoo.com/geo/geoplanet/
YAHOO_APP_ID=FILL YOUR APP ID HERE
# lookup a string and find a matching WOEID
function woeid_search {
    LOC=$(echo -n "$1" | perl -pe's/([^-_.~A-Za-z0-9])/sprintf("%%%02X", ord($1))/seg');
    xmlcurl "$YAHOO_API_ENDPOINT/places.q('$LOC')?appid=$YAHOO_APP_ID"
}
# lookup a WOEID and return data about it
function woeid_lookup {
    xmlcurl "$YAHOO_API_ENDPOINT/place/$1?appid=$YAHOO_APP_ID"
}
# given a WOEID, return the parent WOEID
function woeid_parent {
    xmlcurl "$YAHOO_API_ENDPOINT/place/$1/parent?select=long&appid=$YAHOO_APP_ID"
}

# get this MAPS_KEY from http://code.google.com/apis/maps/
GOOGLE_MAPS_KEY=FILL YOUR MAPS KEY HERE
# given a lat and a long, return the google reverse geocode information about
# it. this optionally takes a third parameter of "json" which then fetches the
# JSON representation
function google_reverse_geocode {
    if [ "$3" == 'json' ]; then
	OUTPUTTYPE="json"
	COMMAND="curl"
    else
	OUTPUTTYPE="xml"
	COMMAND="xmlcurl"
    fi
    $COMMAND "http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=$1,$2&output=$OUTPUTTYPE&sensor=false&key=$GOOGLE_MAPS_KEY"
}