A wrapper for making API requests to some geocoding APIs. I'm modeling it on Python's geopy.
This is just enough to let me write Distance Between Two Cities. If this is useful to others, I'm happy to improve/expand it and/or make it a real Julia package.
Currently, if you want to use it you should:
julia>Pkg2.clone("https://github.com/astrieanna/geojl")
julia> using geojl
julia> cl = MapQuest.MapQuestClient("Fmjtd|luub200znl,7l=o5-9ur0du")
MapQuestClient("Fmjtd|luub200znl,7l=o5-9ur0du")
julia> MapQuest.geocode(cl,"University of Oregon, Eugene, OR")
["results"=>{["locations"=>{["sideOfStreet"=>"N","adminArea3Type"=>"State","mapUrl"=>"http://www.mapquestapi.com/staticmap/v4/getmap?key=Fmjtd|luub200znl,7l=o5-9ur0du&type=map&size=225,160&pois=purple-1,44.045505,-123.071865,0,0|¢er=44.045505,-123.071865&zoom=15&rand=-936240298","dragPoint"=>false,"street"=>"[1-3180] University of Oregon","adminArea3"=>"OR","displayLatLng"=>["lng"=>-123.071865,"lat"=>44.045505],"linkId"=>0,"postalCode"=>"97403","adminArea1"=>"US","geocodeQualityCode"=>"B1AAA","latLng"=>["lng"=>-123.071865,"lat"=>44.045505],"adminArea5"=>"Eugene","adminArea4"=>"Lane County","adminArea1Type"=>"Country","adminArea5Type"=>"City","adminArea4Type"=>"County","type"=>"s","geocodeQuality"=>"STREET"],["sideOfStreet"=>"N","adminArea3Type"=>"State","mapUrl"=>"http://www.mapquestapi.com/staticmap/v4/getmap?key=Fmjtd|luub200znl,7l=o5-9ur0du&type=map&size=225,160&pois=purple-2,44.04551,-123.070315,0,0|¢er=44.04551,-123.070315&zoom=15&rand=-936240298","dragPoint"=>false,"street"=>"[3181-5299] University of Oregon","adminArea3"=>"OR","displayLatLng"=>["lng"=>-123.070315,"lat"=>44.04551],"linkId"=>0,"postalCode"=>"97403","adminArea1"=>"US","geocodeQualityCode"=>"B1AAA","latLng"=>["lng"=>-123.070315,"lat"=>44.04551],"adminArea5"=>"Eugene","adminArea4"=>"Lane County","adminArea1Type"=>"Country","adminArea5Type"=>"City","adminArea4Type"=>"County","type"=>"s","geocodeQuality"=>"STREET"]},"providedLocation"=>["location"=>"University of Oregon, Eugene, OR"]]},"info"=>["messages"=>{},"statuscode"=>0,"copyright"=>["text"=>"© 2013 MapQuest, Inc.","imageAltText"=>"© 2013 MapQuest, Inc.","imageUrl"=>"http://api.mqcdn.com/res/mqlogo.gif"]],"options"=>["ignoreLatLngInput"=>false,"thumbMaps"=>true,"maxResults"=>-1]]
julia> MapQuest.simple_geocode(cl,"University of Oregon, Eugene, OR")
SimpleLocation("Eugene, Lane County, OR, US",44.045505,-123.071865)
julia> using geojl
julia> GeoCoderUs.geocode("Pennsylvania Ave, Washington DC")
"2: couldn't find this address! sorry"
julia> GeoCoderUs.geocode("1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington DC")
"38.898748,-77.037684,1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW,Washington,DC,20502\n"
julia> GeoCoderUs.simple_geocode("1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington DC")
SimpleLocation("1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW,Washington,DC,20502",38.898748,-77.037684)
