What ASN data can and can't tell you about a location
An autonomous system number tells you which network operator carries traffic for an IP address, which is a useful and often underused signal, but it is not the same as a location.
My Geocode blog (page 15)
Notes on geocoding, IP data, and building on the My Geocode API.
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Parse a free-text address field into structured components
Turn one free-text address string into separate street, city, region, and postal code fields using forward geocoding as a side effect of resolving coordinates.
Elevation data refreshed for better accuracy in mountainous regions
Elevation data behind /v1/elevation has been refreshed, improving accuracy specifically in steep and mountainous terrain where older data tends to fall short.
Building a telecom coverage checker by postal code
A regional internet provider wanted visitors to check service availability at their address in one step, without a lengthy address form before the answer appeared.
Why we publish our error codes instead of hiding them
An undocumented error code turns every failed request into a guessing game. Publishing the list is a small thing that saves real debugging time.
Set up polling for a large batch job without a webhook
There is no async job queue here, just synchronous bulk requests, so a large job means chunking and polling your own quota headers.
OpenCage vs LocationIQ vs Geoapify: what actually differs
These three geocoding APIs are often mentioned together as alternatives to bigger platforms. Here is how they differ in practice.
Personalizing ad copy by country
An ad platform wanted to swap in the right country name, currency symbol, and shipping promise for each viewer, without asking the advertiser to build a version for every market.
Rural versus urban accuracy gaps in address data
Dense cities tend to have detailed, well maintained address data. Rural areas often do not, and that gap shows up directly in geocoding precision and confidence.
Faster time zone lookups after rebuilding our lookup table
The timezone lookup table behind every request has been rebuilt for speed, with no change to the request shape or response fields.
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