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Oof. Looks like the Nominatim Backend of UnifiedNlp (https://f-droid.org/packages/org.microg.nlp.backend.nominatim/) is no longer working (their issue-tracker mentions that in multiple places but no fix, no release since 2017). Does anyone know about an alternative? Or at least some #foss #app for #Android updating those details in the photos' Exif/IPTC/XMP data where missing?

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UnifiedNlp geocoding provider (MapQuest Nominatim)
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Jannis
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I think it works for me but I'm not totally sure how to test it.

When I click on Location modules in microg and select one of the providers e.g. Deja Vu Location service it shows me the "Last locations" as an address. As I said, I'm not totally sure but I think it's querying the address lookup
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@jannis Yeah, meanwhile some more people tested it on multiple devices. On some it works, on others it doesn't. Not entirely clear yet whether it's the Backend itself, or the calling app… So it would be good to have a second Nominatim backend to cross-check with, the location backends included with microG's self-test, or a reliable app to test it ("My Location" might one day have it, I requested it there and the issue got the "enhancement" label).
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OK, Update-of-Relief: It's working! 🥳 Thanks to the AMAZING!! support by @shiftphones "main developer" (who got me a fixed OTA within a day of being in-the-know of the issue – well, within a few hours of the culprit being found 😲), and the AMAZING support by project contributors to identify the cause, all is working fine now.

Other ShiftOS-L users will receive the OTA shortly & automatically.

https://github.com/microg/NominatimGeocoderBackend/issues/29

#FOSS rulez :awesome: (yes, ShiftOS will be foss soon™ as well I've heard)

No longer working? · Issue #29 · microg/NominatimGeocoderBackend

Describe the bug As I see it reported throughout multiple issues here and comments elsewhere, it seems this backend is no longer working as expected. Debugging a request to it yields no results. Ar...
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