[Bug 706044] Add a nominatim instance or proxy on gnome.org

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https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=706044
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--- Comment #1 from Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) <zeeshanak gnome org> 2013-08-15 09:02:37 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> Geocode-glib (and therefore GeoClue and Maps) uses Nominatim[1]
> for geocoding[2]. 
> OpenStreetMaps[3] and MapQuest[4] host the only two free and public
> Nominatim-instances that I know of. During the 3.9.x series we have
> used the Nominatim instance on OSM directly, but that probably needs
> to change in time for 3.10. 
>
> ===
>
> The usage policy for OSM's instance[5] states (among other) the 
> following:
>
> "No heavy uses (an absolute maximum of 1 request/s)."
>
> "Note that the usage limits above apply per website/ application: 
>  the sum of traffic by all your users should not exceed the limits."
>
> "Apps must make sure that they can switch the service at our request
>  at any time (in particular, switching should be possible without
>  requiring a software update). If anyhow possible, set up a proxy and
>  also enable caching of requests."
>
> ===
>
> The Terms of Use for the MapQuest instance[6] basically states that
> we can use it freely if we: 
>  1) give OSM credit
>  2) give MapQuest credit 
>  3) mail them and let them know we'll start using their services
>  4) mail them if we expect jumps in usage
>  5) abide to the legal stuff stated in 9a here: 
>     http://developer.mapquest.com/web/info/terms-of-use
>
> Regarding #2 here we'd actually need to show a MapQuest logo and 
> say “Nominatim Search Courtesy of MapQuest” next to it for all 
> applications that uses it. I'm not sure exactly how that'd work
> really since I think we want to use GeoClue in the control-center
> for example to help us autofill stuff and possibly in other places
> as well. 

s/GeoClue/geocode-glib/ and maybe we could ask them if its OK if some of our
UIs can't give them very visible credits? We could give them credits in about
dialog or something. I'll also talk to Jon about this.

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