= yahoo-geocode

Rubyforge Project:

http://rubyforge.org/projects/rctools/

Documentation:

http://dev.robotcoop.com/Libraries/yahoo-geocode/

== About

yahoo-geocode implements version 1 of Yahoo's Maps Web Services Geocoding API.

== Installing yahoo-geocode

Just install the gem:

  $ sudo gem install yahoo-geocode

== Using yahoo-geocode

First you'll need a Yahoo Application ID.  You can register for one here:

http://api.search.yahoo.com/webservices/register_application

Then you create a Yahoo::Geocode object and start locating addresses:

  require 'rubygems'
  require 'yahoo/geocode'
  
  yg = Yahoo::Geocode.new application_id
  locations = yg.locate '701 First Street, Sunnyvale, CA'
  p location.first.coordinates