Why threat and network data ages faster than location data
A building's coordinates do not change from one week to the next. Whether an IP range belongs to a VPN provider can change far faster, and that difference should shape how each is refreshed.
My Geocode blog (page 10)
Notes on geocoding, IP data, and building on the My Geocode API.
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The dashboard now speaks more than one language
The client dashboard now supports more than one language, switchable in account settings, for teams and customers who prefer working outside English.
Building a school catchment area checker
A school district fielded the same question hundreds of times each spring: which school does my address actually belong to, and a self-service checker finally answered it directly.
Why address data should not require a sales call to test
A geocoding API that gates real testing behind a sales conversation is asking a developer for trust before it has actually earned any of it.
Estimating your real quota needs before you switch
Guessing at request volume before a migration leads to either overpaying or hitting limits unexpectedly. Here is how to estimate it properly.
Confidence scoring: what goes into the number
A confidence score is not a single measurement, it is a combination of several signals about how sure a match is. Understanding those inputs makes the number far more useful.
Add elevation data to a GPX route file
Fill in missing or inaccurate elevation values in a recorded GPX track by looking up each point's real elevation directly, in bulk.
Dark mode for the dashboard
The client dashboard now supports dark mode, switchable from account settings, for anyone who prefers working against a darker interface at night or in low light.
Adding a "closest pickup point" map to an e-commerce site
An online retailer wanted to offer pickup locker delivery, but only if shoppers could actually find which locker was nearest without leaving the checkout page.
The real cost of a provider's free tier changing overnight
A free tier that gets cut without warning does not just cost the provider goodwill. It breaks whatever the customer built on top of an assumption that was never guaranteed.
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