Re-mapping cached results after a provider switch
Cached geocoding results from an old provider do not automatically translate to a new one. Here is how to handle that cache correctly during a migration.
My Geocode blog (page 8)
Notes on geocoding, IP data, and building on the My Geocode API.
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Anycast and CDN IP ranges: a special case for geolocation
An anycast IP address can be answered by any one of several physical servers around the world, which makes its geographic location fundamentally different from an ordinary IP address.
Read a confidence score correctly before you trust it
A confidence score tells you how sure the match is, not whether the address exists, and the two are easy to conflate.
Coupon codes for teams moving from a competitor
Coupon codes are now available in the dashboard, giving teams switching from another provider an extra reason to make the move now.
Detecting mismatched billing and shipping countries
A retailer's fraud team found that orders where the billing country, shipping country, and connecting IP address all told different stories were disproportionately the ones that ended in a chargeback.
The case for treating postal code lookups as first class
A postal code endpoint priced and documented like an afterthought will get built like one too. Treating it seriously starts with treating it equally.
What a provider's notice period means for your migration
A shutdown or deprecation notice sets your migration's real deadline. Here is how to use that notice period well instead of losing it to indecision.
What "high precision" should mean for a geocoded result
Calling a result high precision means something specific. It should mean the match resolved to an exact building or point, not merely that a response came back quickly.
Test your integration without spending your daily quota
The free daily allowance exists for exactly this, building and testing an integration before any money or a key is involved.
Building a solar panel siting tool using elevation
A solar installer wanted an early, rough answer for a homeowner asking whether their property was even worth a full site visit, before scheduling an engineer to check in person.
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