Pygeohash for proximity queries
Project description
This is a fork of ProximityHash which improved the setup and changed the dependcy towards caclulating geohash to pygeohash instead of geohash.
Geohash is a geocoding system invented by Gustavo Niemeyer and placed into the public domain. It is a hierarchical spatial data structure which subdivides space into buckets of grid shape, which is one of the many applications of what is known as a Z-order curve, and generally space-filling curves.
ProximityPyHash generates a set of geohashes that cover a circular area, given the center coordinates and the radius. It also has an additional option to use GeoRaptor that creates the best combination of geohashes across various levels to represent the circle, starting from the highest level and iterating till the optimal blend is brewed. Result accuracy remains the same as that of the starting geohash level, but data size reduces considerably, thereby improving speed and performance.
Usage
$ proximityhash -h usage: proximityhash [-h] [--georaptor GEORAPTOR] [--minlevel MINLEVEL] [--maxlevel MAXLEVEL] latitude longitude radius precision_level positional arguments: latitude latitude of the center point longitude longitude of the center point radius radius of coverage in metres precision_level geohash precision level optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit --georaptor GEORAPTOR georaptor flag to compress the output (default: false) --minlevel MINLEVEL minimum level of geohash if georaptor set to true(default: 1) --maxlevel MAXLEVEL maximum level of geohash if georaptor set to true(default: 12)
Example
$ proximitypyhash 48.858156 2.294776 1000 7
$ proximitypyhash 48.858156 2.294776 2000 7 --georaptor true
$ proximitypyhash 48.858156 2.294776 2000 7 --georaptor true --minlevel 3 --maxlevel 6
In-Code Usage Example
You can use the code also as a library in your application:
import proximitypyhash proximitypyhash.get_geohash_radius_approximation(latitude=12.0,longitude=77.0,radius=20.0,precision=8,georaptor_flag=False,minlevel=1,maxlevel=12)
Installation
To install proximitypyhash, simply:
$ pip install proximitypyhash
Development Setup using pyenv
Install pyenv and pyenv virtualenv:
brew install pyenv brew install pyenv-virtualenv
Create and activate the virtualenv:
pyenv virtualenv proximitypyhash pyenv activate proximitypyhash python setup.py develop
Run the tests
python setup.py test
License:
The code is orginally from Ashwin Nair, I just made some changes to it to make the setup smoother and added testing functionality with a more conscise setup.
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
Copyright 2017 Ashwin Nair <https://www.linkedin.com/in/nairashwin7> Copyright 2017 Alexander Müller <https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-m%C3%BCller-727315a7/> Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
Contributors:
Ashwin Nair [https://github.com/ashwin711]
Arjun Menon [http://github.com/arjunmenon92]
Alexander Müller[https://github.com/dice89]
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