Bug 921467
| Summary: | geome fails with "Unexected failure while determing location" - discontinued API ? | ||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Martin Kolman <mkolman> |
| Component: | geome | Assignee: | Paul Wouters <pwouters> |
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa> |
| Severity: | low | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | unspecified | ||
| Version: | 18 | CC: | pwouters |
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | x86_64 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | geome-2.0-1.el6 | Doc Type: | Bug Fix |
| Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |
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| Last Closed: | 2013-10-22 05:01:28 UTC | Type: | Bug |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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Description
Martin Kolman
2013-03-14 09:35:33 UTC
Yes that's the reason. I hadn't found an alternative service yet that comes with the right license. Last I looked, the Google Maps API could only be used for displaying locations on google maps, so we cannot use that. Skyhook requires a commercial license as well. There were some openstreetmaps like alternatives trying to build up, but I don't think there is anything usable yet. Looks like the GeoClue library is using some sort of WiFi location API: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/geoclue/tree/src/geoip-server/geoip-lookup.c#n36 http://cgit.freedesktop.org/geoclue/tree/src/geoip-server/geoip-lookup.c#n358 Those links show: #define WIFI_LOOKUP_BASE_URI "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/browserlocation/json?browser=firefox&sensor=true" So it is still the google api. However, reading up on their terms of services now seem to indicate one is allowed to use them: https://developers.google.com/maps/faq#tos "The Maps API is available for all sites that are accessible to consumers without charge. You can use the Google Maps APIs on both commercial and non-profit websites as long as your site meets the Terms of Service. " I will update geome shortly. Thanks for the pointer geome-2.0-1.fc19 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 19. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/geome-2.0-1.fc19 geome-2.0-1.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/geome-2.0-1.fc18 geome-2.0-1.el6 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 6. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/geome-2.0-1.el6 Package geome-2.0-1.el6: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=epel-testing geome-2.0-1.el6' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2013-11783/geome-2.0-1.el6 then log in and leave karma (feedback). geome-2.0-1.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. geome-2.0-1.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. geome-2.0-1.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. |