Location Services Architecture

While not tied to the mapping API, the location services are tied to GIS-ish stuff so for now will reside in the geoApi library. We utilize the GeoGratis geographical names service and geolocation service

The section will require an initialization, in particular:

• storing URLs to the location services, which are provided by the config object
• pre-loading any domain-of-value lists from the services
  • province codes
  • concise codes (these group things into common categories, like Lakes, Roads, or Landmarks)

As well, the section should expose a search function that supports

• Name search (including partials)
• Forward Sorting Area search
• Lat/Long search
• Province filter
• Concise code filter
• Extent filter
• Radius filter (for FSA and Lat/Long searches only)
• Suggested results when no direct hits are found

The RAMP geoSearch module is already written in Angular.js and is probably a good starting point (UI stuff that will not reside in geoApi can also be happily stolen).