Tag Archives: Geocoding

Zip Code Distance Searching in Ruby on Rails

By John | Published: June 23, 2009
In my last entry we looked at using scopes to dynamically build scopes for searching in your Ruby on Rails application.  In Tryst, we needed to let our uses search for other singles that were xxx miles from their location.  We require that new users enter their zip code, so that is what we had [...]
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Integrating Google Maps in Your Rails 2.0 App.

By John | Published: January 5, 2008
NOTE:  THIS IS AN OLD POST AND THE INSTRUCTIONS MAY BE OUTDATED. YMMV In my first real post in a year, I thought I’d share some Ruby stuff I’ve recently done – Integrating your Rails 2.0 app with Google Maps. So, here is what we are aiming to accomplish: You are going to provide an address, say [...]
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