mongo-postal v0.0.4
mongo-postal
A node.js module that both creates a MongoDB collection of US postal codes and provides geo-spatial searching on them given a source zipcode and radius. Based on the Geonames database www.geonames.org which is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
License
Copyright (c) 2012 Chris Bumgardner and Misha Bosin
This content is released under the MIT License here
Download Geonames Postal Codes for the US
http://download.geonames.org/export/zip/US.zip
Configuration
I recommend creating a copy of config.js called local.config.js and adding it to your .gitignore so your MongoDB configuration settings do not get persisted in git.
Loading Postal Codes into MongoDB from the Command-Line
Saves postal code documents in MongoDB using geospatial indexes.
Example (be sure to npm install the dependencies listed under "NPM Dependencies" first):
Querying Postal Codes by Source Zipcode and Radius
Command-Line
This test searches for the 10 closest postal objects within a 4 mile radius of zipcode 94133:
Node.js API
todo
NPM Dependencies
- mongoskin
- optimist (for test/load-geonames.js only)
- csv (for test/load-geonames.js only)