I've discovered it also two hours ago !

It's ws.geonames.org that is not in the DNS anymore. Digging, from http://www.geonames.org, it appears that now (in fact since 2 years), one should use api.geonames.org instead of ws.geonames.org. In addition, each request should be identified with an application name. So, I've made the changes in the code to use api.geonames.org instead, and I've declared maep as an application.

I'll make new RPMs soon.