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I have been using GeoPy with Nominatim perfectly for a couple of days. However, at random times I will receive an error when my app had previously been working a couple of seconds ago. I have implemented this code inside a flask app where you can input a city and get its longitude and latitude. Here is the error I randomly get when trying to turn an address into a longitude and latitude value: 

GeocoderTimedOut: Service timed out

Then after I reload the app, it may begin to work again or it will stick like that for a couple more tries. I have no idea what is occurring here. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Cheers

Paul McBurney
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  • Some of these services have a throughput consideration. I had this exact error recently and found out it was because I was submitting too many queries (which I didn't consider exorbitant). Try limiting your number of submissions/minute or so and see if the error disappears. – jhso Jan 10 '20 at 03:23
  • Sometimes if I don't use my app for about 30 minutes, the error will still occur. I'm pretty sure I am well within GeoPy's query limit. – Paul McBurney Jan 10 '20 at 04:57
  • Service timeout isn't mean that address is not correct or it can't be found by the API used? – abdoulsn Jan 31 '20 at 08:35

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