This is a single-purpose module that tries to do one job: find the nearest placename for a point on earth. It doesn't claim to do a perfect job, but it tries to be simple to set up, simple to use and be fast. It doesn't attempt to provide many features or nifty algorithms, and is meant to be used in situations where you simply need a name for a coordinate without becoming a GIS expert first.
my $lookup = Geo::LatLon2Place->new ("allCountries.ll2p");
# and then do as many queries as you wish:
my $res = $lookup->(49, 8.4);
| CVS | Browsable CVS module 'Geo-LatLon2Place' |
| CVS | Anonymous CVS: cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.schmorp.de/schmorpforge co Geo-LatLon2Place |
| IRC | Server irc.schmorp.de, channel #schmorpforge, user schmorp (say hi and wait a few minutes or hours, or /msg schmorp directly)) |
| POD | LatLon2Place.pm |
| POD | bin/geo-latlon2place-makedb |