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# NAME
Locale::Places - Translate places using
http://download.geonames.org/
# VERSION
Version 0.04
# METHODS
## new
Create a Locale::Places object.
Takes one optional parameter, directory,
which tells the object where to find the file GB.sql
If that parameter isn't given,
the module will attempt to find the databases,
but that can't be guaranteed.
Any other options are passed to the underlying database driver.
## translate
Translate a city into a different language.
Takes one mandatory argument: 'place'.
It also takes two other arguments:
'from' and 'to',
at least one of which must be given.
If neither $to nor $from is given,
the code makes a best guess based on the environment.
use Locale::Places;
# Prints "Douvres"
print Locale::Places->new()->translate({ place => 'Dover', from => 'en', to => 'fr' });
# Prints "Douvres" if we're working on a French system
print Locale::Places->new()->translate('Dover');
# AUTHOR
Nigel Horne, `<njh at bandsman.co.uk>`
# BUGS
Only supports towns and cities in GB at the moment.
# SEE ALSO
# SUPPORT
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
perldoc Locale::Places
You can also look for information at:
- MetaCPAN
[
https://metacpan.org/release/Locale-Places](
https://metacpan.org/release/Locale-Places)
- GitHub
[
https://github.com/nigelhorne/Locale-Places](
https://github.com/nigelhorne/Locale-Places)
- CPANTS
[
http://cpants.cpanauthors.org/dist/Locale-Places](
http://cpants.cpanauthors.org/dist/Locale-Places)
- CPAN Testers' Matrix
[
http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=Locale-Places](
http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=Locale-Places)
- CPAN Ratings
[
http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Locale-Places](
http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Locale-Places)
- CPAN Testers Dependencies
[
http://deps.cpantesters.org/?module=Locale::Places](
http://deps.cpantesters.org/?module=Locale::Places)
# LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2020-2021 Nigel Horne.
This program is released under the following licence: GPL2
This product uses data from geonames, [
http://download.geonames.org](
http://download.geonames.org).