These defaults are used in Geokit::Mappable.distance_to and in acts_as_mappable
config.geokit.default_units = :miles
config.geokit.default_formula = :sphere
This is the timeout value in seconds to be used for calls to the geocoder web services. For no timeout at all, comment out the setting. The timeout unit is in seconds.
config.geokit.geocoders.request_timeout = 3
These settings are used if web service calls must be routed through a proxy.
These setting can be nil if not needed, otherwise, addr and port must be filled in at a minimum. If the proxy requires authentication, the username and password can be provided as well.
config.geokit.geocoders.proxy_addr = nil
config.geokit.geocoders.proxy_port = nil
config.geokit.geocoders.proxy_user = nil
config.geokit.geocoders.proxy_pass = nil
This is your yahoo application key for the Yahoo Geocoder.
See http://developer.yahoo.com/faq/index.html#appid and http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/rest/V1/geocode.html
config.geokit.geocoders.yahoo = 'REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_YAHOO_KEY'
This is your Google Maps geocoder key.
See http://www.google.com/apis/maps/#.html and http://www.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/#Geocoding_Examples
config.geokit.geocoders.google = 'REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_GOOGLE_KEY'
This is your username and password for geocoder.us.
To use the free service, the value can be set to nil or false.
For usage tied to an account, the value should be set to username:password.
See http://geocoder.us and http://geocoder.us/user/#
config.geokit.geocoders.geocoder_us = false
This is your authorization key for geocoder.ca.
To use the free service, the value can be set to nil or false. For usage tied to an account, set the value to the key obtained from
Geocoder.ca.
See http://geocoder.ca and http://geocoder.ca/?register=1
config.geokit.geocoders.geocoder_ca = false
Add this to use a username with the Geonames geocoder
config.geokit.geocoders.geonames="REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_GEONAMES_USERNAME"
This is the order in which the geocoders are called in a failover scenario.
If you only want to use a single geocoder, put a single symbol in the array.
Valid symbols are :google, :yahoo, :us, and :ca.
Be aware that there are Terms of Use restrictions on how you can use the various geocoders. Make sure you read up on relevant Terms of Use for each geocoder you are going to use.
config.geokit.geocoders.provider_order = [:google,:us]
The IP provider order. Valid symbols are :ip, :geo_plugin.
As before, make sure you read up on relevant Terms of Use for each
config.geokit.geocoders.ip_provider_order = [:geo_plugin,:ip]