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phpgeo-demo

Demo of using geo data in PHP web applications

Goals

• Demonstrate basic data storage and retrieval methods using Geo specific data
• Orient the user to SQL (MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB) containers
• Introduction to GeoJSON
• Discussion of methods for comparing data
• Introduction to database queries and indexing for Geometric/Geographic data

API

Base URL : {domain} /api/v1/

Authentication

PUT/POST/DELETE requests are required to include a header X-Authorization with it's value set to an API token matching a token found in the api_keys table.

Routes

locations

GET /locations

Params: null

Response

Collection of all of the locations stored in the locations MySQL table.

POST /locations

Params

• geometry - (array)
• name (string)
• description (text)

PUT /locations/{id}

Params

• geometry - (array)
• name (string)
• description (text)

DELETE /locations/{id}

GET /contains

Params:

• lat - (float) latitude of a point to test against locations
• lng - (float) longitude of a point to test against locations

Response

Collection of all of the locations that contain the point described in the request parameters.

GET /intersects

Params:

• geometry - (array) Array of points that define a closed polygon

Response

Collection of all locations intersected by the geometry described in the request parameter.

GET /within

Params:

• geometry - (array) Array of points that define a closed polygon

Response

Collection of all locations wholly bounded by the geometry described in the request parameter.