diff --git a/doc/NOTES.md b/doc/NOTES.md
index 789b9d2..da29f2c 100644
--- a/doc/NOTES.md
+++ b/doc/NOTES.md
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 - allow handlers to specify whether to update or not (e.g. scroll)
 - API documentation
 - github pages
-- central geolocation service? (currency, weather, rtt)
 
 ## TODO
 - themes: use colors to improve theme readability
diff --git a/tests/util/test_location.py b/tests/util/test_location.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e54ee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/util/test_location.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import unittest
+import json
+import urllib.request
+
+import util.location
+
+class location(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        patcher = unittest.mock.patch('util.location.urllib.request')
+        self.addCleanup(patcher.stop)
+        self.request = patcher.start()
+        util.location.reset()
+
+        self.primary = {
+            'country': 'Middle Earth',
+            'longitude': '10.0',
+            'latitude': '20.5',
+            'ip': '127.0.0.1',
+        }
+        self.secondary = {
+            'country_name': 'Rivia',
+            'longitude': '-10.0',
+            'latitude': '-23',
+            'ip': '127.0.0.6',
+        }
+
+    def test_primary_provider(self):
+        self.request.urlopen.return_value.read.return_value = json.dumps(self.primary)
+        util.location.country()
+        self.assertEqual(self.primary['country'], util.location.country())
+        self.assertEqual((self.primary['latitude'], self.primary['longitude']), util.location.coordinates())
+        self.assertEqual(self.primary['ip'], util.location.public_ip())
+
+    def test_secondary_provider(self):
+        urlopen = unittest.mock.MagicMock()
+        urlopen.read.return_value = json.dumps(self.secondary)
+        self.request.urlopen.side_effect = [ RuntimeError(), urlopen ]
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.secondary['country_name'], util.location.country())
+        self.assertEqual((self.secondary['latitude'], self.secondary['longitude']), util.location.coordinates())
+        self.assertEqual(self.secondary['ip'], util.location.public_ip())
+
+# vim: tabstop=8 expandtab shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
diff --git a/util/location.py b/util/location.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..632532a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/location.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import json
+import time
+import urllib.request
+
+__document = None
+__data = {}
+__next = 0
+
+__sources = [
+        {
+            'url': 'http://free.ipwhois.io/json/',
+            'mapping': {
+                'latitude': 'latitude',
+                'longitude': 'longitude',
+                'country': 'country',
+                'ip': 'public_ip',
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            'url': 'http://ipapi.co/json',
+            'mapping': {
+                'latitude': 'latitude',
+                'longitude': 'longitude',
+                'country_name': 'country',
+                'ip': 'public_ip',
+            }
+        }
+]
+
+def __expired():
+    global __next
+    return __next <= time.time()
+
+def __load():
+    global __data
+    global __next
+
+    __data = {}
+    for src in __sources:
+        try:
+            tmp = json.loads(urllib.request.urlopen(src['url']).read())
+            for k, v in src['mapping'].items():
+                __data[v] = tmp.get(k, None)
+            __next = time.time() + 60*60*12 # update once every 12h
+            return
+        except Exception as e:
+            pass
+    __next = time.time() + 60*30 # error - try again every 30m
+
+def __get(name, default=None):
+    global __data
+    if not __data or __expired():
+        __load()
+    return __data.get(name, default)
+
+def reset():
+    global __next
+    __next = 0
+
+def coordinates():
+    return __get('latitude'), __get('longitude')
+
+def country():
+    return __get('country')
+
+def public_ip():
+    return __get('public_ip')
+
+# vim: tabstop=8 expandtab shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4