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What are you using to parse and resolve location? There doesn't seem to be a suggested format for a github profile and myself, like many other people in the US just put in a State abbreviation or City name which has DC in Van, Turkey.

I'm using Google Geocoding API untill i reached the rate limit (2.5k calls / day) and Openstreetmap API for the rest

>The Geocoding API may only be used in conjunction with a Google map; geocoding results without displaying them on a map is prohibited. For complete details on allowed usage, consult the Maps API Terms of Service License Restrictions.

https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/

I wanted to use this API for a simple app of mine too but in the end didn't because of this. Used Mapquest instead, which seems good too.

It won't recognize my city from my profile even after I added it (other developers for my city show up, though). Are the results cached? Is there any way to refresh the cache?

I don't think it's updated in realtime, is it?

OK, got it. It's missing a significant amount of data because of GitHub-Archive.

https://github.com/igrigorik/githubarchive.org/issues/30

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