Drop-in compatibility with ip-api.com is live
Calls built for ip-api.com now resolve against our host with matching fields, so switching needs nothing more than a new host and key.
My Geocode blog (page 26)
Notes on geocoding, IP data, and building on the My Geocode API.
Older posts
Verifying a delivery address before it ships
A furniture retailer cut its failed-delivery rate by checking every address against a geocoder before a truck was ever scheduled, not after it showed up to an empty lot.
Why we count bulk requests per item, not per call
A batch call with a thousand addresses still does a thousand separate lookups. Counting it as one request would just hide where the real usage actually went.
Geolocate a visitor by IP without a third-party script
Look up a visitor's approximate location from their IP address entirely on your server, with no JavaScript tag or browser script involved.
Migrating from TomTom Search
TomTom Search sits deep in automotive and fleet software. This post covers what changes and what stays fixed when you move the geocoding piece.
Drop-in compatibility with ipinfo.io is live
An IP lookup built for ipinfo.io now works against our host with the same fields coming back, switchable with a host name and a key.
Daylight saving transitions and the requests that break around them
Twice a year, a range of local times either does not exist or exists twice. Software that assumes every clock time is unambiguous will fail exactly then.
Building an elevation profile for a cycling app
A cycling app wanted to show riders exactly how much climbing a route involved before they started, not as an estimate but as a real elevation chart.
The case against proprietary response formats
A proprietary field name or a custom object model saves a provider nothing and costs a customer a rewrite later. Plain, predictable JSON is not a missing feature.
Migrating from Geoapify
Geoapify bundles several location APIs behind one key. Here is what a migration of the geocoding piece specifically involves.
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