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getting latitude and longitude values from controller in rails-geocoder gem

Is it possible to get latitude and longitude values in the controller when using geocoder gem in rails?

What am currently doing for getting all nearby location is pass the location name like below.

event_address = Event.near(location, 15, order: 'distance')

So is there a way to fetch the lat and lng which was used for the above requested location for using later in subsequent requests for same location?

@latitude= #some method

@longitude= #some_method

Solution 
  • Geocoder.coordinates(location)

    for eg : Geocoder.coordinates("25 Main St, Cooperstown, NY")

    returns [42.700149, -74.922767]