placesindex

Takes a list of places and indexes it. Then, completer.js can be used to perform autocompletion & nearby queries using this index.

Testing

The API for getting all data about buildings requires a key. I've included a copy of the database in the github repo for easy testing (all). You can test the indexing by running test.js

$ node test

which will do some simple tests, including a nearby query with kdtree. You can also then run manual_test

$ node manual_test

for an interactive autocompletion test.

Client-side Usage

To get place completion & nearby queries, grab the database from the RU Mobile API server and

var completer = require('./completer');
var matches = completer.complete(database, "hill");
// Returns places matching Hill

matches = completer.nearby(database, 40.521800, -74.460820);
// Returns places nearby 40.521800, -74.460820

See api.rutgers.edu for more information.

Projects used

lunr.js kd-tree-javascript