geocode.rake

desc "Use Google to get and XML geocode response for address"
task :geocode => :environment do
  require 'geokit'
  address_str = ENV['address']
  if address_str.nil?
    puts "Usage:  rake geocode address='address to geocode'"
  end
  url = "http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=#{Geokit::Inflector::url_escape(address_str)}&output=xml&key=#{Geokit::Geocoders::google}&oe=utf-8"
  res = Net::HTTP.get_response(URI.parse(url))
  puts res
end