diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index e2700ab..8cd3cdc 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-export HERE_API=YOUR API KEY
+export NOMINATIM_URL=https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org
 export ZENFLOWS_URL="http://fcos.interfacer.dyne.org:9000"
 export PORT=8080
 export INBOX=INBOX URL
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e430b4d..1cc202f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 A unifying HTTP proxy for services used by
 [the interfacer-gui project](https://github.com/interfacerproject/interfacer-gui)
 
-
 ## Services
 
 The front-end project,
@@ -31,72 +30,68 @@ implemented for the Interfacer Project.
 
 At the moment, the services implemented are:
 
-* Zenflows - a [zenflows](https://github.com/interfacerproject/zenflows)
-  instance.  It's the main back-end service.;
-* Inbox - a [zenflows-inbox](https://github.com/interfacerproject/zenflows-inbox)
-  instance.  It provides notifications and implements a subset of ActivityPub.
-* Wallet - a [zenflows-wallet](https://github.com/interfacerproject/zenflows-wallet)
-  instance.  It powers the economic model behind the Interfacer
-  project.  It is an interface between interfacer-gui and planetmint.
-* Location Autocomplition - provided by
-  [Here API](https://autocomplete.search.hereapi.com/v1/autocomplete)
+- Zenflows - a [zenflows](https://github.com/interfacerproject/zenflows)
+  instance. It's the main back-end service.;
+- Inbox - a [zenflows-inbox](https://github.com/interfacerproject/zenflows-inbox)
+  instance. It provides notifications and implements a subset of ActivityPub.
+- Wallet - a [zenflows-wallet](https://github.com/interfacerproject/zenflows-wallet)
+  instance. It powers the economic model behind the Interfacer
+  project. It is an interface between interfacer-gui and planetmint.
+- Location Autocomplition - provided by
+  [Nominatim](https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search)
   to autocomplete location/place names on the map;
-* Location Lookup - provided by
-  [Here API](https://lookup.search.hereapi.com/v1/lookup) to lookup
+- Location Lookup - provided by
+  [Nominatim](https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/lookup) to lookup
   location/place names on the map;
 
-
 ## Bulding and executing
 
 You may either choose to build from source, build and use the Docker
 image, or just use the pre-built Docker image on
-https://ghcr.io/interfacerproject/interfacer-gateway.  A set of
+https://ghcr.io/interfacerproject/interfacer-gateway. A set of
 Ansible scripts are also provided, which could be used as well.
 
 Building from source with Go might be a bit work due to the
-dependencies.  Building from source with Docker or using Ansible
+dependencies. Building from source with Docker or using Ansible
 is recommended, as they will be easier to get started.
 
 Each option is detailed in the following sections.
 
-
 ### Building from source with Go
 
 Bulding with Go from the source requires Go version 1.18 or later.
 If you have the Go toolchain and a POSIX-compliant make(1)
 implementation installed (GNU make(1) works), you can just run:
 
-	make
+    make
 
 which builds a the service as the executable named `interfacer-gateway`.
 
-
 ### Building from source with Docker
 
-Building with Docker requires nothing but the Docker tooling.  The
+Building with Docker requires nothing but the Docker tooling. The
 image produced will have all the dependencies needed to run this
 service.
 
 To build the image, you can run:
 
-	docker build -t interfacer-gateway:latest .
+    docker build -t interfacer-gateway:latest .
 
-which will name the image "interfacer-gateway".  Then, you can run:
+which will name the image "interfacer-gateway". Then, you can run:
 
-	docker run --rm -p PORT:8080 \
-		-e ZENFLOWS_URL=http://url-to-zenflows-instance \
+    docker run --rm -p PORT:8080 \
+    	-e ZENFLOWS_URL=http://url-to-zenflows-instance \
     -e INTERFACER_DPP_URL=http://url-to-interfacer-dpp-instance \
-		-e INBOX_URL=http://url-to-inbox-instance \
-		-e WALLET_URL=http://url-to-wallet-instance \
-		-e OSH_URL=http://url-to-osh-instance \
-		-e HERE_KEY=api-key-for-here-dot-com \
-		zenflows-osh
-
-to start the service on port `PORT`.  The service will require you
-to provide the environment variables listed above.  The variables
+    	-e INBOX_URL=http://url-to-inbox-instance \
+    	-e WALLET_URL=http://url-to-wallet-instance \
+    	-e OSH_URL=http://url-to-osh-instance \
+    	-e NOMINATIM_URL=https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org \
+    	zenflows-osh
+
+to start the service on port `PORT`. The service will require you
+to provide the environment variables listed above. The variables
 are descriped on the section "Configuration".
 
-
 ### Using the pre-built image
 
 You may choose to just use the pre-built image, which is found at
@@ -104,17 +99,17 @@ https://ghcr.io/interfacerproject/interfacer-gateway.
 
 To use that image, you can run:
 
-	docker run --rm -p PORT:8080 \
-		-e ZENFLOWS_URL=http://url-to-zenflows-instance \
+    docker run --rm -p PORT:8080 \
+    	-e ZENFLOWS_URL=http://url-to-zenflows-instance \
     -e INTERFACER_DPP_URL=http://url-to-interfacer-dpp-instance \
-		-e INBOX_URL=http://url-to-inbox-instance \
-		-e WALLET_URL=http://url-to-wallet-instance \
-		-e OSH_URL=http://url-to-osh-instance \
-		-e HERE_KEY=api-key-for-here-dot-com \
-		ghcr.io/interfacerproject/interfacer-gateway
+    	-e INBOX_URL=http://url-to-inbox-instance \
+    	-e WALLET_URL=http://url-to-wallet-instance \
+    	-e OSH_URL=http://url-to-osh-instance \
+    	-e NOMINATIM_URL=https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org \
+    	ghcr.io/interfacerproject/interfacer-gateway
 
 which will start the service on port `PORT`. The service will require
-you to provide the environment variables listed above.  The variables
+you to provide the environment variables listed above. The variables
 are descriped on the section "Configuration".
 
 You may optionally use a docker-compose.yml template like this as well:
@@ -135,7 +130,7 @@ services:
       INBOX_URL: http://url-to-inbox-instance
       WALLET_URL: http://url-to-wallet-instance
       OSH_URL: http://url-to-osh-instance
-      HERE_KEY: api-key-for-here-dot-com
+      NOMINATIM_URL: https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org
     stdin_open: true
     tty: true
 ```
@@ -150,18 +145,18 @@ The deployment use docker-compose with a template that groups all the services r
 It can be started writing the `hosts.yaml` and running `make install` inside the `devops` directory.
 
 In the `hosts.yaml` one has to provide:
- - `domain_name`: the FQDN of the server
- - `zenflows`: URL for the zenflows instanc3
- - `ifacer_log`: directory in which we want to save the logs
- - `port`: port for proxy on `localhost`
- - `here_api`: URL for the API of here.com
- - `inbox_port`: port for inbox on `localhost`
- - `wallet_port`: port for wallet on `localhost`
- - `zenflows_sk`: secret key for a user in zenflows
- - `zenflows_user`: username of the same user in zenflows
 
-Warning: currently we are deploying in a LAN with private address, so you may need to modify `docker-compose.yaml.j2`
+- `domain_name`: the FQDN of the server
+- `zenflows`: URL for the zenflows instanc3
+- `ifacer_log`: directory in which we want to save the logs
+- `port`: port for proxy on `localhost`
+- `nominatim_url`: base URL for the Nominatim instance (optional, defaults to https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org)
+- `inbox_port`: port for inbox on `localhost`
+- `wallet_port`: port for wallet on `localhost`
+- `zenflows_sk`: secret key for a user in zenflows
+- `zenflows_user`: username of the same user in zenflows
 
+Warning: currently we are deploying in a LAN with private address, so you may need to modify `docker-compose.yaml.j2`
 
 ## Configuration
 
@@ -169,24 +164,24 @@ The configuration is done by providing environment variables.
 
 Here is the list of them:
 
-* `ZENFLOWS_URL` - the URL of
+- `ZENFLOWS_URL` - the URL of
   [the zenflows instance](https://github.com/interfacerproject/zenflows)
   to which the requests will be proxied;
-* `INTERFACER_DPP_URL` - the URL of
+- `INTERFACER_DPP_URL` - the URL of
   [the interfacer-dpp instance](https://github.com/interfacerproject/interfacer-dpp)
   to which the requests will be proxied;
-* `INBOX_URL` - the URL of
+- `INBOX_URL` - the URL of
   [the zenflows-inbox instance](https://github.com/interfacerproject/zenflows-inbox)
   to which the requests should be proxied;
-* `WALLET_URL` - the URL of
+- `WALLET_URL` - the URL of
   [the zenflows-wallet instance](https://github.com/interfacerproject/zenflows-wallet)
   to which the requests should be proxied;
-* `OSH_URL` - the URL of
+- `OSH_URL` - the URL of
   [the zenflows-osh instance](https://github.com/interfacerproject/zenflows-osh)
   to which the requests should be proxied;
-* `HERE_KEY` - the API key required by the Here API.  More on that
-  at: https://developer.here.com/documentation.
-
+- `NOMINATIM_URL` - the base URL of the Nominatim geocoding service.
+  Defaults to `https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org` if not set.
+  Set this to a self-hosted instance if needed.
 
 ## Usage
 
@@ -196,12 +191,11 @@ service with the identifier of the service.
 
 For instance, let's assume that "/foo/and/whatnot" is supposed to be
 sent to the "BAR" service, and the identifier of the service "BAR"
-is "bar".  Then, the clients of the gateway sends the request to
+is "bar". Then, the clients of the gateway sends the request to
 the gateway with the url "/bar/foo/andwhatnot", assuming that
-everything will be sent to the service "BAR".  As such, the provided
+everything will be sent to the service "BAR". As such, the provided
 HTTP methods and headers will be forwarded to the service "BAR".
 
-
 ## Examples
 
 See the subdirectory `examples/`.
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index e5c3ea1..8e7293a 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -55,9 +55,11 @@ type Config struct {
 	// https://github.com/interfacerproject/zenflows-osh
 	OSHURL *url.URL
 
-	// The opaque API key of here.com.  More on that at:
-	// https://developer.here.com/documentation
-	HereKey string
+	// NominatimURL is the base URL of the Nominatim instance used
+	// for location search and lookup.  Defaults to the public
+	// instance at https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org when
+	// NOMINATIM_URL is not set.
+	NominatimURL *url.URL
 }
 
 // NewEnv() fetches configuration options from the environment.  If
@@ -106,11 +108,18 @@ func NewEnv() (*Config, error) {
 	}
 	c.OSHURL = u
 
-	s = os.Getenv("HERE_KEY")
+	s = os.Getenv("NOMINATIM_URL")
 	if s == "" {
-		return nil, errors.New(`"HERE_KEY" must be provided`)
+		s = "https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org"
 	}
-	c.HereKey = s
+	u, err = url.Parse(s)
+	if err != nil || u.Scheme == "" || u.Host == "" {
+		return nil, errors.New(`"NOMINATIM_URL" is malformed`)
+	}
+	if u.Scheme != "http" && u.Scheme != "https" {
+		return nil, errors.New(`"NOMINATIM_URL" is malformed: invalid scheme; must be http(s)`)
+	}
+	c.NominatimURL = &url.URL{Scheme: u.Scheme, Host: u.Host, Path: "/"}
 
 	return c, nil
 }
diff --git a/devops/roles/proxy-docker-compose/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2 b/devops/roles/proxy-docker-compose/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
index e6a2d30..4cd89da 100644
--- a/devops/roles/proxy-docker-compose/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
+++ b/devops/roles/proxy-docker-compose/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ services:
       - "{{ port }}:80"
     environment:
       ZENFLOWS_URL: "{{ zenflows }}"
-      HERE_KEY: "{{ here_api }}"
+      NOMINATIM_URL: "{{ nominatim_url | default('https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org') }}"
       ADDR: :80
       INBOX_URL: "http://inbox"
       WALLET_URL: "http://wallet"
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 472b9d1..723d0c3 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -20,15 +20,16 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/interfacerproject/interfacer-gateway/config"
-	"github.com/interfacerproject/interfacer-gateway/logger"
-	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"io"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/interfacerproject/interfacer-gateway/config"
+	"github.com/interfacerproject/interfacer-gateway/logger"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 var conf *config.Config
@@ -82,20 +83,16 @@ var proxiedHosts = []ProxiedHost{
 	ProxiedHost{
 		name: "location-autocomplete",
 		buildUrl: func(u *url.URL) *url.URL {
-			values := u.Query()
-			values.Add("apiKey", conf.HereKey)
-			currentUrl, _ := url.Parse("https://autocomplete.search.hereapi.com/v1/autocomplete")
-			currentUrl.RawQuery = values.Encode()
+			currentUrl := conf.NominatimURL.JoinPath("/search")
+			currentUrl.RawQuery = u.RawQuery
 			return currentUrl
 		},
 	},
 	ProxiedHost{
 		name: "location-lookup",
 		buildUrl: func(u *url.URL) *url.URL {
-			values := u.Query()
-			values.Add("apiKey", conf.HereKey)
-			currentUrl, _ := url.Parse("https://lookup.search.hereapi.com/v1/lookup")
-			currentUrl.RawQuery = values.Encode()
+			currentUrl := conf.NominatimURL.JoinPath("/lookup")
+			currentUrl.RawQuery = u.RawQuery
 			return currentUrl
 		},
 	},