Geocoder vs Geo::Coord

Geocoder

Complete Ruby geocoding solution. (by alexreisner)

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Geo::Coord

Simple yet useful Geo Coordinates class for Ruby (by zverok)

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Geocoder		Geo::Coord
	Project
4	Mentions	-
6,282	Stars	122
-	Growth	-
6.3	Activity	0.0
11 days ago	Latest Commit	about 3 years ago
Ruby	Language	Ruby
MIT License	License	MIT License

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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

Geo::Coord

Posts with mentions or reviews of Geo::Coord. 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.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Geocoder and Geo::Coord you can also consider the following projects:

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.

Google Maps for Rails - Enables easy Google map + overlays creation in Ruby apps

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

GeoNames - GeoNames API's wrapper (gem)

rgeo - Geospatial data library for Ruby

OpenCage Geocoder - Ruby client for the OpenCage geocoding API

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