From c4fc30d90433a98d3e853e61f19b56945325766a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Reisner <alex@alexreisner.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:51:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add distance_to method.
---
lib/geocoder.rb | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/lib/geocoder.rb b/lib/geocoder.rb
index f8a5091e..df03e5a5 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder.rb
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ module Geocoder
coords.split(',')[0...2].reverse.map{ |i| i.to_f }
end
+ ##
+ # Calculate the distance from the object to a point (lat,lon). Valid units
+ # are defined in <tt>distance_between</tt> class method.
+ #
+ def distance_to(lat, lon, units = :mi)
+ Geocoder.distance_between(latitude, longitude, lat, lon, :units => units)
+ end
+
##
# Search Google based on the object's +location+ attribute.
#
--
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