Moving off a Google Places autocomplete integration
Autocomplete is one of the trickier pieces to migrate because its request pattern and session behavior differ across providers. Here is what to plan for.
My Geocode blog (page 19)
Notes on geocoding, IP data, and building on the My Geocode API.
Older posts
Why we didn't build a browser SDK first
A browser SDK for a server-side lookup mostly just moves your API key somewhere a visitor's browser can see it. That is not a convenience worth having.
How CGNAT affects IP geolocation for mobile users
Carrier-grade NAT pools large numbers of mobile subscribers behind a small number of public IP addresses, which puts a hard ceiling on how precise mobile IP geolocation can be.
Verifying a business address for a directory listing
A local business directory kept publishing listings at addresses that turned out to be empty lots, until it started checking each submission before publishing it.
Estimate a route's total elevation gain
Sum the upward changes between consecutive points along a route to get one elevation gain figure straight from raw latitude and longitude data.
Drop-in compatibility with Geocode.Farm is live
Geocode.Farm requests now work against our host unchanged, matching its parameters and response fields with only a host name and key to update.
What network-level rate limiting solves that per-key limits don't
A per-key limit alone assumes one key means one user. Rate limiting by network closes the loophole where that assumption quietly breaks down.
Moving off a Google Maps Platform elevation integration
Elevation lookups are usually a small dependency inside a bigger Google Maps account. Here is how to move that specific piece cleanly.
Name transliteration and diacritics in address data
The same street name can be written correctly in several different scripts and spellings. Matching addresses across these variants is a genuine data quality challenge.
Add a local-time clock widget to a support dashboard
Show each customer's local time right next to their support ticket, so an agent knows whether it is a reasonable hour to pick up the phone.
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