Verifying an address matches its stated postal code before checkout
A mismatched postal code and city on an order form looks like a small typo until it turns into a delivery sent to the wrong part of the country entirely.
My Geocode blog
Notes on geocoding, IP data, and building on the My Geocode API.
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News
Product announcements: new endpoints, new drop-in hosts, coverage improvements and changes to pricing or limits.
50 postsGuides
Step by step: geocode an address list, geolocate visitors, build an elevation profile, find the time zone of a point.
50 postsMigration
Moving from Google Maps, Bing Maps, Mapbox, ipinfo, ip-api and others: what changes, what stays, and how to test the switch.
49 postsUse cases
Real problems solved with location data: fraud checks, delivery zones, store finders, local times and analytics.
50 postsOur takes
Opinion on the location data business: pricing, lock-in, privacy, and what the big providers get wrong.
49 postsData quality
Coverage by country, accuracy measurements, and how to read the precision and confidence in each answer.
49 postsLatest posts
Monitor your key's usage before you hit a limit
Watching your quota headers as you go tells you when a limit is approaching, well before a request actually gets rejected.
What we shipped this month: geocoding, IP, time zone and more
A roundup of recent work across the API: new compatibility hosts, faster time zone and elevation lookups, dashboard features, and clearer quota visibility.
The trouble with API keys that never expire
A key issued years ago, never rotated, and still valid today is not a convenience. It is a liability nobody has actually looked at in years.
Migrating a Zapier or Make automation to a new geocoding host
No-code automations built on a geocoding step need a different migration approach than custom code does. Here is how to handle that switch.
Testing location data with edge cases, not just happy paths
An address in a well mapped city center tells you almost nothing about how your system handles a rural route, a disputed border, or a query near the poles. Test the hard cases deliberately.
Cross-check an address against its postal code
Catch a mismatched street address and postal code before an order ships, by resolving each independently and comparing what they actually reveal.
A data processing agreement now available on request
Organizations with their own compliance requirements can now request a data processing agreement covering how My Geocode handles personal data.
Building a simple geofencing alert for a logistics app
A logistics company wanted a plain alert the moment a delivery truck entered or left a specific customer's site, without building or licensing a full fleet tracking platform.
Why free support tiers should still get real answers
A support queue that only gives thoughtful answers to paying customers is telling free users their questions are not worth solving properly.
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