NAME
    Geo::Coder::Ja - geocoder.ja library module for Perl

SYNOPSIS
      use Geo::Coder::Ja;

      my $geocoder = Geo::Coder::Ja->new(
          dbpath     => '/usr/local/share/geocoderja', # required
          load_level => DB_AUTO,  # optional. default DB_AUTO
          encoding   => 'UTF-8',  # optional. default 'SHIFT_JIS'
      );
      # same as $geocoder->geocode($location);
      my $location = $geocoder->geocode(location => $location);
      # $location->{latitude}
      # $location->{longitude}
      # $location->{address}
      # $location->{address_kana}

DESCRIPTION
    This module is an interface for geocoder.ja library. It is available at:
    http://www.postlbs.org/postlbs-cms/ja/geocoder

METHODS
  new(%options)
    It should be called with following arguments (items with default value
    are optional)

      dbpath     => geocoder.ja's database files directory
      load_level => load level. must be DB_AUTO, DB_JUKYO, DB_GAIKU, DB_AZA, DB_CHO or DB_GYOSEI.
      encoding   => default 'SHIFT_JIS'. must be 'UTF-8', 'EUC-JP' or 'SHIFT_JIS'.

    Returns an instance of this module.

  geocode(location => $location)
    Get latitude/longitude from the address.

    Returns a hashref, contains the following fields:

      latitude
      longitude
      address
      address_kana

    Returns undef if multiple candidates or failure.

  encoding([$encoding])
    Set/get encoding. $encoding must be 'UTF-8', 'EUC-JP' or 'SHIFT_JIS'.

AUTHOR
    Jiro Nishiguchi <jiro@cpan.org>

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO
    <http://www.postlbs.org/postlbs-cms/ja/geocoder>