This Repo has moved: https://bitbucket.org/TheBosZ/geocoder-service

This version will be archived for a while. I will eventually delete it (but not before updating the package on NPM).

geocoder-service

Simple geocoder service with no external dependencies for AngularJS. It uses Google's API so it's not for high-volume look ups. Google's library is lazy-loaded upon first use and then retained until page reload to make subsequent look ups faster.

Installation

• bower install geocoder-service

Include as a dependency in your AngularJS app:

angular.module('yourApp', ['geocoder-service']);

Make sure to include the geocoder-service.js file, either in your build process or directly using a script tag.

Usage

Inject the geocoderService into your controller and use like so

$scope.latitude = null;
$scope.longitude = null;
$scope.geocodeError = false;
$scope.isFinished = false;
$scope.address = '1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20500';

geocoderService.getLatLong($scope.address).then(function(latlng){
	$scope.latitude = latlng.lat();
	$scope.longitude = latlng.lng();
}, function(){
	$scope.geocodeError = true;
}).finally(function(){
	$scope.isFinished = true;
});

Methods

getLatLong:

• Arguments: address, type: String
  • Address to look up
• Return: promise
  • When promise is resolved successfully, the argument passed to the success function is a Google Maps LatLng object
  • When promise is resolved with an error, that means the service failed to geocode the given address