Question

A Perl module exists in order to interface with the Google Maps API. The code is as follows:

 use Geo::Coder::Google;
 $geocoder = Geo::Coder::Google->new();
 @location = $geocoder->geocode(location => '1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington DC USA'); 

Site Source: http://search.cpan.org/~arcanez/Geo-Coder-Google-0.11/lib/Geo/Coder/Google/V2.pm

However I need to go from coordinates to address. How is that done even if that means using a different means in PERL? Please be advised that I tried the OpenMaps API and it is inaccurate. Google Maps seems to be much better.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Download the CPAN Geo::Coder::Google object.
2. Navigate your way to the V3.pm object.
3. Drop this module into the code.

sub reverseGeocode {my $self = shift;

my %param;
if (@_ % 2 == 0) {
    %param = @_;
} else {
    $param{location} = shift;
}



my $location = $param{location} 
    or Carp::croak("Usage: reverseGeocode(location => \$location)");

if (Encode::is_utf8($location)) {
    $location = Encode::encode_utf8($location);
}

my $uri = URI->new("http://$self->{host}/maps/api/geocode/json");
my %query_parameters = (latlng => $location);
$query_parameters{language} = $self->{language} if defined $self->{language};
$query_parameters{region} = $self->{region} if defined $self->{region};
$query_parameters{oe} = $self->{oe};
$query_parameters{sensor} = $self->{sensor} ? 'true' : 'false';
$uri->query_form(%query_parameters);
my $url = $uri->as_string;

if ($self->{client} and $self->{key}) {
    $query_parameters{client} = $self->{client};
    $uri->query_form(%query_parameters);

    my $signature = $self->make_signature($uri);
    # signature must be last parameter in query string or you get 403's
    $url = $uri->as_string;
    $url .= '&signature='.$signature if $signature;
}

Then just use it like this:

 my $location = $geocoder->reverseGeocode(location => '40.7837366863403,-73.9882784482727');

Then you can access returning object like so:

 print $location->{formatted_address};

To see the detailed parts of the address see the following link as a guide:
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/