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codelayer/columbus
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Provider agnostic address autocomplete

v1.0(6y ago)33MITPHP

Since Feb 13Pushed 6y ago2 watchersCompare

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Columbus: Provider agnostic address lookup for laravel
======================================================

[](#columbus-provider-agnostic-address-lookup-for-laravel)

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This package allowes accessing the address lookup api from different geocoding providers using a unified interface.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can install the package using composer:

```
composer require codelayer/columbus

```

After that you can load the default config and modify if you need to:

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Codelayer\Columbus\ColumbusServiceProvider"

```

By default the required api tokens will be loaded from the `LOCATION_SEARCH_ID` and `LOCATION_SEARCH_SECRET` env variables

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Currently only autocomplete suggestion is implemented:

```
Columbus::suggest($request->input('q'));

```

### Supported providers

[](#supported-providers)

- [here.com](https://here.com)

To create a new provider implement the `Codelayer\Columbus\Contracts\AddressSearchProvider` interface and update the `columbus.provider` key in your config.

About Us
--------

[](#about-us)

[codelayer](https://codelayer.de) is a web development agency based in Karlsruhe, Germany. This package was developed for use in our product [likvi](https://likvi.de).

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT).

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2286d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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