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

    use Geo::Coder::Bing;

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

The Geo::Coder::Bing module provides an interface to the Bing Maps geocoding service.

    $geocoder = Geo::Coder::Bing->new('Your Bing Maps key')
    $geocoder = Geo::Coder::Bing->new(
        key   => 'Your Bing Maps key',
        # https => 1,
        # debug => 1,
    )

Creates a new geocoding object.

A Bing Maps key can be obtained here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff428642.aspx.

Accepts an optional https parameter for securing network traffic.

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

    $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 location results.

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

    {
        __type =>
            "Location:http://schemas.microsoft.com/search/local/ws/rest/v1",
        address => {
            addressLine   => "Hollywood Blvd & N Highland Ave",
            adminDistrict => "CA",
            countryRegion => "United States",
            formattedAddress =>
                "Hollywood Blvd & N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028",
            locality   => "Los Angeles",
            postalCode => 90028,
        },
        bbox => [
            "34.0977008647939", "-118.344888641665",
            "34.1054262999352", "-118.332449571785",
        ],
        confidence => "High",
        entityType => "RoadIntersection",
        name  => "Hollywood Blvd & N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028",
        point => {
            coordinates => [ "34.1015635823646", "-118.338669106725" ],
            type        => "Point",
        },
    }

    $response = $geocoder->response()

Returns an HTTP::Response object for the last submitted request. Can be used to determine the details of an error.

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

Accessor for the UserAgent object.

Starting with version 0.08, this module uses the REST API instead of the AJAX API. Backwards compatibility has been maintained, but its usage by this module is now deprecated, hence a warning is issued when a key is not provided to the constructor. Also note that the structure of the data returned from both APIs differs slightly.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff701713.aspx

Geo::Coder::Bing::Bulk

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.

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

    perldoc Geo::Coder::Bing

You can also look for information at:

* GitHub Source Repository

http://github.com/gray/geo-coder-bing

* AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

http://annocpan.org/dist/Geo-Coder-Bing

* CPAN Ratings

http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Geo-Coder-Bing

* RT: CPAN's request tracker

http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Geo-Coder-Bing

* Search CPAN

http://search.cpan.org/dist/Geo-Coder-Bing/

Copyright (C) 2009-2011 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.

gray, <gray at cpan.org>