Setting up geokit.

A quick checklist for creating a new app with geolocation on heroku’s 1.8.7 stack… so you can use the count method to your heart’s content. I’m sure that there’s something I’ve missed, but it’s a start…

1. sudo gem install geokit (if you haven’t already)
2. script/plugin install git://github.com/andre/geokit-rails.git
3. for new app, create heroku app (
   • on 1.8.7 stack – heroku create APPNAME –stack bamboo-ree-1.8.7 –remote REMOTENAME
   • add the following to app’s .gems file:

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     rails -v 2.3.5 pg geokit --version '=1.5.0'

4. get new developer keys for your heroku app
   • http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/simple/
   • http://code.google.com/apis/maps/signup.html
5. add config.gem “geokit” to config/environment.rb
6. edit your application controller file:

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   include Geokit include Geokit::Geocoders include Geokit::IpGeocodeLookup class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base   helper :all   protect_from_forgery   geocode_ip_address     before_filter :geokit   def geokit     store_ip_location     @current_location = session[:geo_location]  # @current_location is a GeoLoc instance.   end   def store_location     session[:return_to] = request.request_uri   end   end

From this point forward, the geocoding methods of the Geokit gem are available. There’s more that needs to be done if you want to treat one of your models as geolocatable… but I’ll pick that up later :)

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