cgeohash v1.5.0

Welcome to node-geohash-cpp

node-geohash-cpp is a C++ extension to node based on node-geohash.

Install

npm install cgeohash

Usage

var geohash = require('cgeohash');
sys.puts(geohash.encode(37.8324, 112.5584)); // 'ww8p1r4t8'

var latlon = geohash.decode('ww8p1r4t8');
sys.puts(latlon.latitude);
sys.puts(latlon.longitude);

encode (latitude, longitude, precision=9)

Encode a pair of latitude and longitude into geohash. The third argument is optional, you can specify a length of this hash string, which also affect on the precision of the geohash.

decode (hashstring)

Decode a hash string into pair of latitude and longitude. A javascript object is returned with key latitude and longitude.

neighbor (hashstring, direction)

Find neighbor of a geohash string in certain direction. Direction is a two-element array, i.e. 1,0 means north, -1,-1 means southwest.

decode_bbox (hashstring)

Decode hashstring into a bound box matches it. Data returned in a four-element array: minlat, minlon, maxlat, maxlon

About Geohash

Check Wikipedia for more information.

License

Ruby on Rails is released under the MIT License.