Rails geocoding gems

Question

I've used GeoKit and acts_as_geocodable in the past. I like GeoKit, but its missing nicer features like named_scopes. I'm not a huge fan of acts_as_geocodable because it duplicates address data into its own table.

Lately, these gems seem under-maintained.

What are some actively maintained gems out there?

Answer 1

I maintain the Geocoder gem:

http://rubygems.org/gems/geocoder

Source code:

http://github.com/alexreisner/geocoder

I can tell you it's actively maintained because I'm working on Rails 3 compatibility as I write this! It's designed to be very simple, while providing the most commonly-used geocoding features. It provides named scopes and doesn't duplicate any data.