Show HN: A Simple Server for Matching Long/Lat to a Timezone

Category: library

Tags: php, timezone, geolocation, spatial-data, http-service

Score: 5.8/10 (Innovation: 4, Technical: 5, Documentation: 8, Utility: 6)

LGV_TZ_Lookup is a PHP library and deployable HTTP service that maps longitude/latitude coordinates to IANA timezone names by querying a spatially indexed database populated from the Timezone Boundary Builder project. It solves the non-trivial problem of political timezone boundaries, offering both Composer integration and a one-command server deployment with boundary update tooling.

Target audience: backend devs

Repository: https://github.com/LittleGreenViper/LGV_TZ_Lookup · PHP · MIT · 49 stars

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