find-nearest-us-cities
Searches the nearest cities in The United States using geokdbush. Data courtesy US at geonames.org. Based on find-nearest-cities
Installing
npm install find-nearest-us-citiesUsage
const nearestCities = require('find-nearest-us-cities')
// The Rocky Statue
const latitude = 39.9649;
const longitude = -75.1802;
const cities = nearestCities(latitude, longitude);
/*
[ {
name: 'Fairmount',
lat: 39.97233,
lon: -75.18101,
state: 'PA'
},
{ name: 'Brewerytown',
lat: 39.97706,
lon: -75.18185,
state: 'PA' },
{ name: 'Strawberry Mansion',
lat: 39.98345,
lon: -75.18268,
state: 'PA' },
{ name: 'S.W. Ctr Cty',
lat: 39.94281,
lon: -75.18086,
state: 'PA' },
{ name: 'Point Breeze',
lat: 39.93345,
lon: -75.17796,
state: 'PA' }
]
*/API
nearestCities(longitude, latitude[, maxDistance, maxResults])
Returns an array of the closest points from a given location in order of increasing distance.
-
longitude: query point longitude. -
latitude: query point latitude. -
maxDistance: (optional) maximum distance in meters to search within (Infinityby default). -
maxResults: (optional) maximum number of points to return (5by default).
Data License
The Dataset is published under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by geonames.org.