Smart Geo

Smart Geo is data from Open Data providers compiled into easy to use JavaScript objects.

Table Of Content

1. Features
2. Sources
3. Requirements
4. Installation

• Installation with npm
• Installation with Bower

5. Country
6. Region
7. License

• Multiple languages (Currently only supports English, French and German).
• Country Database
• Region Database (Currently only for Canada and the United States).

• GeoNames
• Wikipedia
• OpenStreetMap

Smart Geo does not require a database, but instead, uses JSON files.

npm install smart-geo

bower install smart-geo

Database of all countries in the world.

Properties

• Names
• Short Code (Alpha-2 code)
• Code (Alpha-3 code)
• Latitude
• Longitude
• Bounding Box
• Currency
• Continent
• Population
• Area
• Capital
• Timezone

Examples

Get a list of all countries.

var geo = require('smart-geo');

var countries = geo.countryRepository.findAll();
console.log(countries);

Get a country name in english or othe languages.

var geo = require('smart-geo');

var country = geo.countryRepository.findByShortCode('US');
console.log(country.get('name'));
console.log(country.get('name', 'fr'));

Order by country name in any language.

var geo = require('smart-geo');

var countries = geo.countryRepository.findAll();
countries.orderByName('de');
console.log(countries);

Database of all States, Federal Districts and Territories in the United States, Provinces and Territories in Canada.

Properties

• Name
• Code (Alpha-2 code)
• Country
• Type
• Latitude
• Longitude
• Bounding Box

Examples

Get a list of all regions in the US.

var geo = require('smart-geo');

var country = geo.countryRepository.findByShortCode('US');
console.log(country.get('regions'));

Get region name and type in english.

var geo = require('smart-geo');

var regions = geo.regionRepository.findAll();
for (var i = 0, len = regions.length; i < len; ++i) {
  console.log(
    regions[i].get('name') + " is a " + 
    regions[i].get('type') + " of the " +
    regions[i].get('country').get('name')
  );
}

Smart Geo is licensed under The MIT License (MIT).