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NAME

Geo::Coder::Bing - Geocode addresses with the Bing Maps API

SYNOPSIS

use Geo::Coder::Bing;

my $geocoder = Geo::Coder::Bing->new;
my $location = $geocoder->geocode(
    location => 'Hollywood and Highland, Los Angeles, CA'
);

DESCRIPTION

The Geo::Coder::Bing module provides an interface to the Bing Maps geocoding service, via the Ajax API.

METHODS

new

$geocoder = Geo::Coder::Bing->new()

Creates a new geocoding object.

Accepts an optional ua parameter for passing in a custom LWP::UserAgent object.

geocode

$location = $geocoder->geocode(location => $location)
@locations = $geocoder->geocode(location => $location)

In scalar context, this method returns the first location result; and in list context it returns all locations results.

Each location result is a hashref; a typical example looks like:

{
    'BestLocation' => {
        'Precision'   => 0,
        'Coordinates' => {
            'Longitude' => '-118.338669106725',
            'Latitude'  => '34.1015635823646'
        }
    },
    'Locations' => [
        {
            'Precision'   => 0,
            'Coordinates' => {
                'Longitude' => '-118.338669106725',
                'Latitude'  => '34.1015635823646'
            }
        }
    ],
    'CountryRegion' => 244,
    'Address'       => {
        'PostalCode'    => '90028',
        'CountryRegion' => 'United States',
        'AdminDistrict' => 'CA',
        'FormattedAddress' =>
            'Hollywood Blvd & N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028',
        'Locality'    => 'Los Angeles',
        'AddressLine' => 'Hollywood Blvd & N Highland Ave',
        'PostalTown'  => '',
        'District'    => ''
    },
    'MatchCode' => 1,
    'Type'      => 155,
    'Shape'     => undef,
    'BestView'  => {
        'Type'            => 0,
        'NorthEastCorner' => {
            'Longitude' => '-118.323121333557',
            'Latitude'  => '34.1112203763297'
        },
        'SouthWestCorner' => {
            'Longitude' => '-118.354216879894',
            'Latitude'  => '34.0919067883995'
        },
        'Center'          => {
            'Longitude' => '-118.338669106725',
            'Latitude'  => '34.1015641333754'
        }
    },
    'MatchConfidence' => 0,
    'Name' => 'Hollywood Blvd & N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028'
}

ua

$ua = $geocoder->ua()
$ua = $geocoder->ua($ua)

Accessor for the UserAgent object.

SEE ALSO

http://www.microsoft.com/maps/isdk/ajax/

Geo::Coder::Google, Geo::Coder::Mapquest, Geo::Coder::Multimap, Geo::Coder::Yahoo

REQUESTS AND BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Report.html?Queue=Geo-Coder-Bing. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc Geo::Coder::Bing

You can also look for information at:

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2009 gray <gray at cpan.org>, all rights reserved.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

AUTHOR

gray, <gray at cpan.org>