Handle a 429 response without losing the request
A 429 response means your allowance ran out for now, not that the request failed. Here is how to hold onto it instead of dropping it.
My Geocode blog (page 24)
Notes on geocoding, IP data, and building on the My Geocode API.
Older posts
Postal code granularity: the UK versus the US versus everywhere else
A UK postcode can identify a single street or even a handful of buildings. A US ZIP code covers a much larger area. Postal granularity varies enormously by country.
Building a "find my nearest branch" tool for a bank
A regional bank replaced a static list of forty branch addresses with a tool that ranks them by distance from wherever a customer happens to be.
Drop-in compatibility with LocationIQ is live
Requests written for LocationIQ now resolve against our compatible host, matching parameters and response fields exactly, switchable with a host and key.
The quiet cost of vendor lock-in
Lock-in rarely shows up as a single bad decision. It shows up as a hundred small ones that quietly make leaving cost far more than simply staying put.
Migrating from PositionStack
PositionStack keeps its API deliberately simple. Here is what a migration to a compatible drop-in host preserves and what it changes.
How elevation accuracy changes with terrain type
Elevation data is not equally accurate everywhere. Flat, open terrain is easy to measure precisely, while steep or heavily vegetated ground is not.
Read the X-Quota-Used and X-Quota-Limit headers correctly
Every response carries quota headers, but reading them correctly means knowing which one reflects your key and which one reflects your network.
Scheduling social posts for every time zone at once
A media brand with followers across five continents stopped guessing when to post and started scheduling around when each audience segment was actually awake.
Drop-in compatibility with OpenCage is live
A compatibility host for OpenCage is now available, matching its request parameters and response shape so existing integrations need only a new host and key.
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