v0.3

This release marks the first move towards a generalized geoservice, that works independent of US geographies.

• Removes US-specific dependencies
• Includes distance endpoint

Installation steps

1. Download the attached geoservice-api_0.0.3_all.deb package
2. Run sudo dpkg -i geoservice-api_0.0.3_all.deb
3. Configure /etc/default/geoservice-api as follows:

NODE_ENV="production"
GSA_DB_NAME=DB_HERE
GSA_DB_PW=PASSWORD_HERE
GSA_DB_USER=USER_HERE
GSA_DB_HOST=HOST_HERE
GSA_DB_PORT=5432
GSA_USER_CONFIG_FILE=/path/to/my_levels.json
PORT=8080

(Feel free to set PORT as desired)

4. Run

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo service geoservice-api restart`

And you should be good to go! You can check the service status by running
sudo service geoservice-api status

And you can test the API via:

curl http://localhost:8080/api

(Note you may need to open ports -- if desired -- via Google Cloud's firewall to access this remotely or use a reverse proxy from nginx)

v0.2

• Adds expanded ACS support for MSAs and PUMAs
• Allows variable name column per level
• Groups results for related endpoint by geographic level

v0.1

Initial version of the Census geography API service. Include support for:

• Dynamic computation of nested geographies
• Neighboring geographies