From 0e05201f5a393cddb3e3437fe007904beede8430 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: moanos <julian-samuel@gebuehr.net>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 11:55:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] docs: Add section explaining geocoding

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 README.md | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,4 +37,11 @@ docker build . -t moanos/notfellchen:latest
 
 ```
 docker run -p8000:7345 moanos/notfellchen:latest
-```
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+```
+
+## Geocoding
+
+Geocoding services (search map data by name, address or postcode) are provided via the
+[Nominatim](https://nominatim.org/) API, powered by [OpenStreetMap](https://openstreetmap.org) data. Notfellchen uses
+a selfhosted Nominatim instance to avoid overburdening the publicly hosted instance. Due to ressource constraints
+geocoding is only supported for Germany right now. 
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