find a normalized place name and lat/lon from a free-form location query
npm install placenamefind a normalized place name and lat/lon from a free-form location query
`` js
var placename = require('placename');
var query = process.argv.slice(2).join(' ');
placename(query, function (err, rows) {
console.log(rows);
});
`
`
$ node example/search.js oakland, cali
[ { name: 'Oakland',
country: 'US',
altCountry: '',
muni: '',
muniSub: '',
featureClass: 'P',
featureCode: 'PPLA2',
adminCode: 'CA',
population: 390724,
lat: 37.80437,
lon: -122.2708,
from: 'oakland' } ]
`
$ node example/search.js 吉林
[ { name: 'Jilin',
country: 'CN',
altCountry: '',
muni: '',
muniSub: '',
featureClass: 'P',
featureCode: 'PPL',
adminCode: '05',
population: 1881977,
lat: 43.85083,
lon: 126.56028,
from: '吉林市' } ]
` js`
var placename = require('placename')
Search for a city with a free-form location string query.
cb(err, results) fires with an array results containing all the matches.
There's also a placename command that you can install with npm install -g
placename.
`
usage: placename QUERY... {OPTIONS}
-n limit results to n entries
-s show short text output instead of json
`
With npm do:
`
npm install placename
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