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# Configuring Geocoding
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Geocoding is the process of converting a location name (like `nyc` or
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`Argentina`) into GPS coordinates and bounding box(es).
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Perkeep's location search will use Google's Geocoding API if a key is provided,
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otherwise it falls back to using OpenStreetMap's API.
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To use Google's Geocoding API, you need to manually get your own API key from
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Google and place it in your Perkeep configuration directory (run `pk env
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configdir` to find your configuration directory) in a file named
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`google-geocode.key`.
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To get the Google API key, see https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/get-api-key
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