A geohash is a convenient method for encoding geographic coordinates, where each character in the geohash adds additional precision. This makes geohashes well suited for indexing mechanisms, grouping geographically located entities, and compactly encoding coordinates based on the level of detail required.
More information about Geohashes:
- http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/geohash.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geohash
- http://geohash.org/
This Python package contains simple tools for encoding and decoding geohashes.
Installation using pip:
pip install mzgeohash
Alternatively, download from PyPi or clone this repository, and install using setup.py:
python ./setup.py install
>>> import mzgeohash
>>> mzgeohash.decode('xn76urwe1g9y')
(139.76608408614993, 35.681382017210126)
>>> mzgeohash.encode((139.76608408614993, 35.681382017210126))
'xn76urwe1g9y'
>>> mzgeohash.neighbors('xn76urwe1g9y')
{'c': 'xn76urwe1g9y',
'e': 'xn76urwe1gdn',
'n': 'xn76urwe1g9z',
'ne': 'xn76urwe1gdp',
'nw': 'xn76urwe1g9x',
's': 'xn76urwe1g9v',
'se': 'xn76urwe1gdj',
'sw': 'xn76urwe1g9t',
'w': 'xn76urwe1g9w'}
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