Geo::PostalCode::NoBD - Find closest zipcodes, distance, latitude, and longitude; no Berkeley DB.
use Geo::PostalCode::NoBD; my $gp = Geo::PostalCode::NoBD->new(csvfile => "us_zip_codes.csv"); my $record = $gp->lookup_postal_code(postal_code => '07302'); my $lat = $record->{lat}; my $lon = $record->{lon}; my $city = $record->{city}; my $state = $record->{state}; my $distance = $gp->calculate_distance(postal_codes => ['07302','10004']); my $record = $gp->lookup_city_state(city => "Jersey City",state => "NJ"); my $lat = $record->{lat}; my $lon = $record->{lon}; my $postal_codes = $record->{postal_codes}; my $postal_codes = $gp->nearby_postal_codes(lat => $lat, lon => $lon, distance => 50);
Geo::PostalCode::NoBD is almost the same as Geo::PostalCode, except that all Berkeley DB support has been removed in favor of loading the entire CSV database into memory.
This is a module for calculating the distance between two postal codes. It can find the postal codes within a specified distance of another postal code or city and state. It can lookup the city, state, latitude and longitude by postal code.
On a busy day at work, I couldn't get Geo::PostalCode to work with newer data (the data source TJMATHER points to is no longer available), so the tests shippsed with his module pass, but trying to use real data no longer seems to work. DB_File marked the Geo::PostalCode::InstallDB output file as invalid type or format. If you don't run into that issue by not wanting to use this module, please drop me a note! I would love to learn how other people made it work.
So, in order to get my shit done, I decided to create this module. Loading the whole data into memory from the class constructor has been proven to be enough for massive usage (citation needed) on a Dancer application where this module is instantiated only once.
I have mirrored working data at:
http://damog.net/files/misc/zipcodes-csv-10-Aug-2004.zip
Take a minute to go through its README to learn where this data comes from and potentially send a thank you note to those who made it available.
Returns a new Geo::PostalCode::NoDB object.
You can control the distance units used by providing a units option, which can be mi for miles (the default) or km for kilometers, or by providing a earth_radius option set to the radius of the Earth in your desired unit. The Earth's radius is approximately 3956 miles.
units
mi
km
earth_radius
Returns a hash reference containing four keys:
* lat - Latitude * lon - Longitude * city - City * state - State two-letter abbreviation.
Returns a hash reference containing three keys:
* lat - Latitude (Average over postal codes in city) * lon - Longitude (Average over postal codes in city) * postal_codes - Array reference of postal codes in city
Returns the distance in miles between the two postal codes in @postal_codes.
Returns an array reference containing postal codes with $distance miles of ($lat, $lon).
Returns an array reference of hash references with $distance miles of ($lat, $lon). Each hash reference contains the following fields:
* postal_code - Postal Code * lat - Latitude (If included in @select) * lon - Longitude (If included in @select) * city - City (If included in @select) * state - State two-letter abbreviation (If included in @select)
If $order_by is specified, then the records are sorted by the $order_by field.
This module is in early alpha stage. It is suggested that you look over the source code and test cases before using the module. In addition, the API is subject to change.
The distance routine is based in the distance routine in Zipdy. Zipdy is another free zipcode distance calculator, which supports PostgreSQL. It is available from http://www.cryptnet.net/fsp/zipdy/
Geo::PostalCode::NoDB module:
Copyright (c) 2012, David Moreno david@axiombox.com.
david@axiombox.com
All rights reserved. This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
Geo::PostalCode module:
Copyright (c) 2006, MaxMind LLC, http://www.maxmind.com/
Thanks to Scott Gifford of http://homesurfusa.com/ for contributing multiple bug fixes and code cleanup.
Geo::PostalCode - Find closest zipcodes, distance, latitude, and longitude
Geo::IP - Look up country and city by IP Address
zipdy - Free Zip Code Distance Calculator
To install Geo::PostalCode::NoDB, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Geo::PostalCode::NoDB
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Geo::PostalCode::NoDB
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.