Code for accessing various geocoding web services with an ultra simple API:
name, (lat, lon) = geocode('london')
The geocode functions return (unicode_place_name, (float_lat, float_lon)) if the string can be geocoded, and (None, (None, None)) if it cannot.
Currently supported: Google Geocoder, Yahoo! Geocoder, Yahoo! Placemaker, GeoNames, Multimap and Yandex.
Google:
>>> from geocoders.google import geocoder
>>> geocode = geocoder('GOOGLE-API-KEY')
>>> geocode('new york')
(u'New York, NY, USA', (40.756053999999999, -73.986951000000005))
>>> geocode('oneuth')
(u'South, Bloomfield, NY 14469, USA', (-77.5385449999999, 42.865267000000003))Yahoo!:
>>> from geocoders.yahoo import geocoder
>>> geocode = geocoder('YAHOO-API-KEY')
>>> geocode('new york')
(u'New York, NY, US', (40.714550000000003, -74.007124000000005))
>>> geocode('oneuth')
(u'Aneth, UT 84510, US', (37.217799999999997, -109.189911))Yahoo! Placemaker:
>>> from geocoders.placemaker import geocoder
>>> geocode = geocoder('YAHOO-API-KEY')
>>> geocode('new york')
(u'New York, NY, US', (40.714500000000001, -74.007099999999994))
>>> geocode('oneuth')
(None, (None, None))While Yahoo! Placemaker isn't strictly designed as a geocoder, in practice it can be useful for things like "did you mean location X" in a regular search engine.
GeoNames:
>>> from geocoders.geonames import geocode # No need for a geocoder factory
>>> geocode('new york')
(u'New York', (40.714269100000003, -74.005972900000003))
>>> geocode('oneuth')
(None, (None, None))Multimap:
>>> from geocoders.multimap import geocoder
>>> geocode = geocoder('MULTIMAP-API-KEY')
>>> geocode('new york')
('New York, State of New York, United States', ('43.00035', '-75.49990'))
>>> geocode('oneuth')
('Omeath, Louth', ('54.08790', '-6.26070'))Yandex:
>>> from geocoders.yandex import geocoder
>>> geocode = geocoder('YANDEX-API-KEY')
>>> geocode('new york')
(u'США, Нью-Йорк', (40.802940999999997, -74.039783999999997))
>>> geocode('kiev')
(u'Украина, Киев', (50.451118000000001, 30.522300999999999))
>>> geocode('Городище')
(u'Украина, Черкасская область, Городищенский район, город Городище', (49.292497, 31.458049)))
>>> geocode('Городище', ll='37.618920,55.756994', spn='0.552069,0.400552', rspn=1)
(u'Россия, Москва, 1-я улица Дьяково-Городище', (55.658977, 37.663009))
>>> geocode('Городище', ll=[37.618920, 55.756994], spn=[0.552069, 0.400552], rspn=1)
(u'Россия, Москва, 1-я улица Дьяково-Городище', (55.658977, 37.663009))
>>> geocode('Киев', plng='ru')
(u'Украина, Киев', (50.451118, 30.522301))
>>> geocode('Киев', plng='uk')
(u'Україна, місто Київ', (50.451118, 30.522301))Some libraries use (longitude, latitude) co-ordinate pairs instead of the (latitude, longitude) returned by the geocode functions. The geocoder factory functions all take an optional lonlat=True argument if you need this behaviour. Some examples:
Google:
>>> from geocoders.google import geocoder
>>> geocode = geocoder('GOOGLE-API-KEY', lonlat = True)
>>> geocode('new york')
(u'New York, NY, USA', (-74.005972900000003, 40.714269100000003))GeoNames:
>>> from geocoders.geonames import geocoder # Using geocoder factory
>>> geocode = geocoder(lonlat = True)
>>> geocode('new york')
(u'New York', (-74.005972900000003, 40.714269100000003))