GeoNames Forum

Hi there,

I´m using geonames service from a PHP website to automatically name images based on GPS coordinates (stored in image´s EXIF data). Basically this works fine... but unfortunally it worked just one time and never again since this. Every time I start a new query I get the message:

"the hourly limit of 2000 credits MYUSERNAME has been exceeded. Please throttle your requests or use the commercial service"

I´ve waited an hour, two hours, three hours... and so on. No change. Now I´ve waited the whole night (24h+) and still the same message. Even if I try to get data with a simple query via web browser, e.g. this one:

"http://api.geonames.org/extendedFindNearby?lat=57.30248&lng=6.35532&username=MYUSERNAME"

I get the same message.

I´m wondering if there is any other limitation but 2000 credits in one hour?
Any ideas?

thanks in advance...

Lurvig

There are no other limits. Are you sure you are not using the demo user? It happens often with the demo user because a lot of people are just using the demo user. Another possibility is that you see a cached result page (by your browser for instance)

Marc

Hi Marc,

thanks for fast response. I´m definitely sure I´m not using the demo user but my own user ID.
As I said, the PHP script is running on a web server with (probably???) a static IP. May this cause the problem?

Lurvig