[geocode-glib] Update README
- From: Zeeshan Ali Khattak <zeeshanak src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [geocode-glib] Update README
- Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 17:09:27 +0000 (UTC)
commit 8d59ac5101844c53d7466b942bf168d2b7ac805e
Author: Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) <zeeshanak gnome org>
Date: Tue Jul 30 20:07:54 2013 +0300
Update README
Reflect the fact that we now use Nominatim instead of Yahoo's services.
Should have done this before rolling out 0.99.1. :(
README | 18 +++++++-----------
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/README b/README
index 21320d1..838e965 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-geocode-glib is a convenience library for the Yahoo! Place Finder
-and GeoPlanet APIs.
-
-The Place Finder web service allows to do geocoding (finding longitude
-and latitude from an address), and reverse geocoding (finding an address
-from coordinates).
+geocode-glib is a convenience library for the geocoding (finding longitude,
+and latitude from an address) and reverse geocoding (finding an address from
+coordinates). It uses Nominatim service to achieve that. It also caches
+(reverse-)geocoding requests for faster results and to avoid unnecessary server
+load.
Requirements
------------
@@ -19,11 +18,8 @@ Applications using geocode-glib
Links
-----
-Place Finder APIs:
-http://developer.yahoo.com/geo/placefinder/
-
-GeoPlanet APIs:
-http://developer.yahoo.com/geo/geoplanet/
+Nominatim API:
+http://http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim
Geocoding:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocoding
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