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Example of using Google Maps geocoder and the Represent API to return a provincial riding name based on a partial address string
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#!/usr/bin/perl | |
use strict; | |
use warnings; | |
use v5.14.2; | |
use Google::GeoCoder::Smart; | |
use LWP::Simple; | |
use JSON; | |
use Data::Dump qw(dump); | |
my $geo = Google::GeoCoder::Smart->new(); | |
my $API = 'http://represent.opennorth.ca/boundaries/?sets=british-columbia-electoral-districts&contains='; | |
# http://represent.opennorth.ca/boundaries/?contains=49.323802%2C-122.947072&format=apibrowser | |
my ( $resultnum, $error, @results, $returncontent ) | |
= $geo->geocode( "address" => "deep cove, north vancouver, bc" ); | |
$resultnum--; | |
for my $num ( 0 .. $resultnum ) { | |
my $lat = $results[$num]{geometry}{location}{lat}; | |
my $long = $results[$num]{geometry}{location}{lng}; | |
my $response = get( $API . $lat . ',' . $long); | |
die "Couldn't get it!" unless defined $response; | |
my $boundary_info = decode_json $response; | |
#say dump( $boundary_info ); | |
say $boundary_info->{'objects'}[0]->{'name'}; | |
} |
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