Geo::GeoNames 0.05

SYNOPSIS

use Geo::GeoNames;
use Data::Dumper;
my $geo = new Geo::GeoNames();

# make a query based on placename
my $result = $geo->search(q => 'Fredrikstad', maxRows => 2);

# print the first result
print " Name: " . $result->[0]->{name};
print " Longitude: " . $result->[0]->{lng};
print " Lattitude: " . $result->[0]->{lat};

# Dump the data structure into readable form
# This also will show the attributes to each found location
Data::Dumper->Dump()

# Make a query based on postcode
$result = $geo->postalcode_search(postalcode => "1630", maxRows => 3, style => "FULL");

Provides a perl interface to the webservices found at http://ws.geonames.org. That is, given a given placename or postalcode, the module will look it up and return more information (longitude, lattitude, etc) for the given placename or postalcode. Wikipedia lookups are also supported. If more than one match is found, a list of locations will be returned.

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· Perl