library google-geocoder

navjobs/google-geocoder

Abstraction for geocoding through Google Maps.

, _(*1)

Google Geocoding

Provides an abstraction for requests to Google Maps geocoding service., _(*2)

Installation

You can install this package via Composer using this command:, _(*3)

composer require ConstructionJobs/google-geocoder

Laravel Installation

This package comes with a service provider for use with Laravel. You will not need to do anything if you're using laravel version 5.5 and up., _(*4)

If you are using laravel 5.4 or below, to install the service provider:, _(*5)

// config/app.php
'providers' => [
    // other providers
    'ConstructionJobs\GoogleGeocoder\GoogleGeocoderServiceProvider'
];

Also you must publish the config file:, _(*6)

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="ConstructionJobs\GoogleGeocoder\GoogleGeocoderServiceProvider"

The config file allows you to set your api key, language and region., _(*7)

Usage

There are three ways that you may use this package., _(*8)

// Geocode an address
$geocoder = new Geocoder;
$geocoder->geocode('New York, NY');

// Reverse geocode from coordinates
$geocoder = new Geocoder;
$geocoder->reverseByCoordinates(40.7127837, -74.0059413);

// Reverse geocode from a Google place id.
$geocoder = new Geocoder;
$geocoder->reverseByPlaceId('ChIJOwg_06VPwokRYv534QaPC8g');

All of these methods return a standard response format as follows:, _(*9)

[
    'address' => 'New York, NY, USA',
    'latitude' => 40.7127837,
    'longitude' => -74.0059413,
    'place_id' => ChIJOwg_06VPwokRYv534QaPC8g,
    'types' => [
        'locality',
        'political'
    ]
    $bounds = [
        'northeast' => [
            'latitude' => 40.9152555,
            'longitude' => -73.7002721,
        ],
        'southwest' => [
            'latitude' => 40.496044,
            'longitude' => -74.255735,
        ]
    ];
}