Parsing geonames
in [Ruby]
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From: Michael Fellinger on 5 Jun 2010 02:31 On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 4:54 AM, 12 34 <rubyforum(a)web.knobby.ws> wrote: > One minor comment. I'm more used to seeing lon than lng. The API uses lng everywhere, so of course I use it as well. > Is there a way to get DST given lat lon and the date? isdst exists in > Ruby, but AFAIK is only for local current time. sigma github/manveru/geonames % irb require './lib/geonames' # true GeoNames.timezone(lat: 47.01, lng: 10.2) # {"time"=>"2010-06-05 08:27", "countryName"=>"Austria", "rawOffset"=>1, "dstOffset"=>2, "countryCode"=>"AT", "gmtOffset"=>1, "lng"=>10.2, "timezoneId"=>"Europe/Vienna", "lat"=>47.01} > Is there a way to get the state or province? See the API docs: http://www.geonames.org/export/ws-overview.html GeoNames.country_subdivision(lat: 47.03, lng: 10.2, maxRows: 10, radius: 40) # {"distance"=>0, "adminCode1"=>"07", "countryName"=>"Austria", "countryCode"=>"AT", "codes"=>[{"code"=>"07", "type"=>"FIPS10-4"}, {"code"=>"7", "type"=>"ISO3166-2"}], "adminName1"=>"Tyrol"} -- Michael Fellinger CTO, The Rubyists, LLC |