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This library will make it easy for you to translate an address into geocode. It uses the google maps api v3 and uses the json response to get the data.

Usage

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  include Gmaps
  before_validation do
    # Use Gmaps funtions...
  end
end

Route an address with it's countries:

Gmaps.countries('Lisbon', 'Riga') 
=> [["Portugal", 353952], ["Spain", 584955], ["France", 1014932], ["Belgium", 189957], ["Germany", 704382], ["Poland", 800685], ["Lithuania", 269954], ["Latvia", 84771]] 

Get only the distance (in meter)

Gmaps.distance('Berlin', 'Talin') => 1558639

Different forms of formatting the address input in a unified way:

Gmaps.formatted_address 'Barcelona' => "Barcelona, Spain" 
Gmaps.country 'Barcelona' => "Spain" 
Gmaps.city 'Barcelona, Paradis 3, 2 1' => 'Barcelona'