diff --git a/openlayers_proximity.module b/openlayers_proximity.module
index 65101d7..e638a9b 100644
--- a/openlayers_proximity.module
+++ b/openlayers_proximity.module
@@ -399,15 +399,24 @@ function openlayers_proximity_geocode($address) {
   $args['sensor'] = 'false';
   $query = http_build_query($args, '', '&');
 
-  if (function_exists("curl_init")) {
-    $ch = curl_init();
-    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, OPENLAYERS_PROXIMITY_GOOGLE_GEOCODER_URL . $query);
-    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
-    $result = curl_exec($ch);
-    curl_close($ch);
+  $results = &drupal_static(__FUNCTION__);
+
+  if (isset($results[$query])) {
+    $result = $results[$query];
   }
   else {
-    $result = file_get_contents(OPENLAYERS_PROXIMITY_GOOGLE_GEOCODER_URL . $query);
+    if (function_exists("curl_init")) {
+      $ch = curl_init();
+      curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, OPENLAYERS_PROXIMITY_GOOGLE_GEOCODER_URL . $query);
+      curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
+      $result = curl_exec($ch);
+      curl_close($ch);
+    }
+    else {
+      $result = file_get_contents(OPENLAYERS_PROXIMITY_GOOGLE_GEOCODER_URL . $query);
+    }
+    
+    $results[$query] = $result;
   }
 
   $response = json_decode($result);