Query service (such as openstreemap's lookup services) that can take a city / town and return it's co-ordinates.

[mfw78]

Problem

When wanting to search for a city, we need a way of changing this to a latitude and longitude, and refocusing the map.

Solution

Using Nominatim and their geocoding service, take in user input, query the API, then refocus the map.

[xdaluca]

@bobetbat does this have any impact on how we should design the UX/UI flow on the front-end?