--- location.de.inc
+++ location.de.inc.PATCHED
@@ -252,7 +252,35 @@
   if ($row = db_fetch_object($res)) {
     return array('lat' => $row->latitude, 'lon' => $row->longitude, 'city' => $row->city, 'province' => $row->state, 'country' => $row->country);
   }
+  else if (function_exists('location_latlon_rough_default')) {
+    // try to use default function, if it exists (if it got commited into location.inc in CVS, that is ;)
+    return location_latlon_rough_default($location);
+  }
   else {
     return NULL;
   }
 }
+
+
+/**
+ * Returns a lat/lon pair of the approximate center of the given postal code in the given country
+ *
+ * THIS FUNCTION IS DEPRECATED AND JUST INCLUDED FOR BACKWARDS-COMPATIBILITY !
+ *
+ * @param $location
+ *   An associative array $location where only postal code and country are necessary, but can have the keys:
+ *     'street'       => the street portion of the location
+ *     'supplemental' => additional street portion of the location
+ *     'province'     => the province, state, or territory
+ *     'country'      => lower-cased two-letter ISO code (REQUIRED)
+ *     'postal_code'  => the international postal code for this location (REQUIRED)
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   An associative array where
+ *      'lat' => approximate latitude of the center of the postal code's area
+ *      'lon' => approximate longitude of the center of the postal code's area
+ *
+ */
+function location_latlon_rough_de($location = array()) {
+  return location_get_postalcode_data_de($location);
+}