# Locations Plugin 🌍

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/locations-plugin/69742>\
**Category:** Plugin\
**Tags:** paid-support\
**Created:** [September 10, 2017, 10:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/locations-plugin/69742 "2017-09-10T10:36:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/locations-plugin/69742/1118 "2025-02-10T19:37:57Z")

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It might be helpful to add “quick start” section to docs that covers the basics of initial setup. Two things that took me a minute to understand:

- The only way to allow people to start adding locations to topics is by editing the category settings for each category. It won’t just automatically allow it for all categories.
- The defaults work out of the box for testing/low volume usage, using nominatim as the geocoding provider.

A “troubleshooting tips” section might also be helpful.

I am able to get locations to work to put users on a map. Cool! 🙂

I am not able to get locations to work in topics. Not so cool! 🙃

I am able to select the popup to add a location, type it in, select Find Address, select the found address. But then Selecting Done does nothing. There is a bunch of stuff showing up on the javascript console:

 ![Screenshot 2025-02-10 at 11.37.27](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/4/e/74e0a320bb5fef7966d075ac5505a6c1a3e325e7.png)

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