geocoder.js
Fast offline coarse Geocoder based on GeoNames data.
Usage
var geocoder = require('geocoder');
geocoder('Big Apple', function (location) {
/*
{
id: '5128581',
name: 'New York City',
country: 'US',
latitude: '40.71427',
longitude: '-74.00597',
alternate: '0',
population: '8175133'
}
*/
console.log(location);
});Install
npm install geocoder.jsBuild Database
wget -q http://download.geonames.org/export/dump/countryInfo.txt -O ./node_modules/geocoder.js/data/geonames/countryInfo.txt && \
wget -q http://download.geonames.org/export/dump/cities1000.zip -O ./node_modules/geocoder.js/data/geonames/cities1000.zip && \
wget -q http://download.geonames.org/export/dump/alternateNames.zip -O ./node_modules/geocoder.js/data/geonames/alternateNames.zip && \
unzip ./node_modules/geocoder.js/data/geonames/cities1000.zip -d ./node_modules/geocoder.js/data/geonames/ && \
unzip ./node_modules/geocoder.js/data/geonames/alternateNames.zip -d ./node_modules/geocoder.js/data/geonames/ && \
rm ./node_modules/geocoder.js/data/geonames/*.zip && \
node ./node_modules/geocoder.js/data/build.jsLicense
MIT