Google Maps for Rails vs Geocoder

Google Maps for Rails

Enables easy Google map + overlays creation in Ruby apps (by apneadiving)

Geolocation

Source Code

apneadiving.github.io

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Geocoder

Complete Ruby geocoding solution. (by alexreisner)

Geolocation Geocoding geocoding-api geocoding-objects geocoding-requests

Source Code

rubygeocoder.com

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Google Maps for Rails		Geocoder
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-	Mentions	4
2,264	Stars	6,284
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	6.0
about 6 years ago	Latest Commit	23 days ago
JavaScript	Language	Ruby
MIT License	License	MIT License

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Google Maps for Rails

Posts with mentions or reviews of Google Maps for Rails. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

Geocoder

Posts with mentions or reviews of Geocoder. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-02-17.

gem Geocoder - calculate coordinates, distances, search nearby
1 project | dev.to | 31 Jan 2023

Geocoder gem allows you to preform different operations with coordinates.
Anyone implementing or maintaining a Rails based application with geo-data processing or mapping libraries?
1 project | /r/rails | 17 Nov 2022

I've done some work recently using the geocoder gem (https://github.com/alexreisner/geocoder). Combine that with one of the available APIs and you can do quite a lot.
Building a Web App Using Sinatra
2 projects | dev.to | 17 Feb 2021

Kickflip also takes advantage of the geocoder gem, which extends a Class and returns latitude and longitude from street addresses. With the geocoder gem, a user can find a Park near a location without the instance containing the specific string in it's address.
Address Database for Rails
2 projects | /r/rails | 1 Feb 2021

Geocoder

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Google Maps for Rails and Geocoder you can also consider the following projects:

geoip - The Ruby gem for querying Maxmind.com's GeoIP database, which returns the geographic location of a server given its IP address

Geokit - Official Geokit Gem. Geokit gem provides geocoding and distance/heading calculations. Pair with the geokit-rails plugin for full-fledged location-based app functionality.

GeoNames - GeoNames API's wrapper (gem)

rgeo - Geospatial data library for Ruby

Geo::Coord - Simple yet useful Geo Coordinates class for Ruby

honua - A Ruby mapping library to stitch geographic map images based on map tiles provided by a rastered tile server.

OpenCage Geocoder - Ruby client for the OpenCage geocoding API