com.eldrix.nhspd.search — com.eldrix/nhspd 1.1.34

An NHSPD file-based index providing postcode search functionality. This is currently using Apache Lucene as a key-value store but its indexing capabilities support future plans for better geographical queries.

build-index clj

(build-index ch out)

Build an index from NHSPD postcode file streamed on the channel specified.

fetch-postcode clj

(fetch-postcode searcher pc)

Fetch the postcode pc specified.

• pc : a UK postal code; will be coerced into the PCD2 postcode standard.

fetch-wgs84 clj

(fetch-wgs84 searcher pc)

Returns WGS84 geographical coordinates for a given postcode.

• pc : a UK postal code; will be coerced into the PCD2 postcode standard.

make-postcode-doc clj

(make-postcode-doc {:strs [PCDS PCD2 OSNRTH1M OSEAST1M] :as pc})

Turn a postcode into a Lucene document.

open-index-reader clj

(open-index-reader filename)

open-index-writer clj

(open-index-writer filename)

write-batch! clj

(write-batch! writer postcodes)