GeoCongressionalDistrict

Find your Congressional District by providing a complete US address or a loose description of an address, OR if you're at home, let the browser's Geolocation API goodness find your district for ya!. Developed by @ielshareef.

Note: Depending on the browser's Geolocation API for mission critical applications is not recommended since it is not always accurate.

Address Examples that return my district (CA, 30):

1235 N. Kings Rd, West Hollywood, CA 1235 Kings in West Hollywood, CA 1235 Kings in West Hollywood Near Santa Monica Blvd and La Cienega At the corner of Kings Rd. and Fountain Ave. Near Basix Cafe in West Hollywood

Components

example.html: Simple example of how to use the service README: You're looking at it sunlightlabs: Open Government project https://github.com/sunlightlabs

Frontend Dependencies

YUI3: http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/3/ Google Geocoding API: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/geocoding/

Backend Dependencies

Sunlight Labs API

Prerequisites:

You need a Sunlight Labs API Key to use this example. You can get one at http://services.sunlightlabs.com/. When you get it, put it in sunlightlabs/class.sunlightlabs.php (there is a variable for it there.)

Tested Browsers

This example has been tested in Chrome 5+, FireFox 3.6+, and Safari 5+ on OS X 10.6+.