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+# code based on https://developer.here.com/blog/understanding-geocoding-with-python
+
+import requests
+
+URL = "https://geocode.search.hereapi.com/v1/geocode"
+location = input("Enter the location here: ") #taking user input
+api_key = 'EabUlpQK8GcVVEMs2OLI0Bdb6A9Wj_yeli6d4Wwe8u0' # Acquire from developer.here.com
+PARAMS = {'apikey':api_key,'q':location} 
+
+# sending get request and saving the response as response object 
+r = requests.get(url = URL, params = PARAMS) 
+data = r.json()
+
+latitude = data['items'][0]['position']['lat']
+longitude = data['items'][0]['position']['lng']
+
+print(latitude)
+print(longitude)
+
+file = open(r".config/Gpredict/MyLocation.qth","w+")
+
+str1 = "[QTH]\n"
+str2 = "LOCATION=" + location + "\n"
+str3 = "LAT=" + str(latitude) + "\n"
+str4 = "LON=" + str(longitude) + "\n"
+str5 = "ALT=0\n"
+str6 = "WX=\n"
+str7 = "QTH_TYPE=0\n"
+
+file.write(str1)
+file.write(str2)
+file.write(str3)
+file.write(str4)
+file.write(str5)
+file.write(str6)
+file.write(str7)
+
+file.close()