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I rolled out a plugin, still an alpha, waiting for feedback ;)

acts_as_locatable adds typical functionality to geographically located objects, like:

• calculating distances between objects,
• calculating coordinates of area boundaries,
• finding objects in given range,
• finding closest object.

It allows for using meters or miles as measure unit, and Cosine Law, Haversine or Vincenty formulae for distance computation.

Install

script/plugin install svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/actsaslocatable/plugins/acts_as_locatable

acts_as_locatable homepage