resolve.rs IP geolocation comparison
Infrastructure
ip geolocation comparison
SHOW HN2020
6points
5comments
#2,758of 3,028 in 2020
Top 92%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Performance: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Google AppEngine geolocation is very accurate
From 1 comment
Google AppEngine is scary accurate.
rufname on HN
Objections
Some services return the wrong city
From 1 comment
AbstractAPI uncannily comes up with my neighbourhood while others are just the city. Wrong city: Maxmind, KeyCDN, ipdata, IP-API, Failed to fetch: ipinfo, ipgeolocation,…
phillipseamore on HN
Some services failed to fetch results
From 1 comment
AbstractAPI uncannily comes up with my neighbourhood while others are just the city. Wrong city: Maxmind, KeyCDN, ipdata, IP-API, Failed to fetch: ipinfo, ipgeolocation,…
phillipseamore on HN
Requests
Add uptime and performance stats
From 1 comment
Very comprehensive list, it would be useful to include uptime and performance stats as well. Plug: If you would like to test your GeoIP implementation, we have a tool designed…
kpsychwave on HN
Include IPregistry.co
From 1 comment
That's an interesting comparison but that's a shame to see great services such as IPregistry.co to not appear in your analysis.
lpellegr on HN
Alternatives named
MaxMind GeoLite2
From 1 comment
I was thinking about switching IP geolocation sources when MaxMind updated their license [1] and made it harder to include, and was shocked to see just how many different…
Fileformat on HN
AbstractAPI
From 1 comment
AbstractAPI uncannily comes up with my neighbourhood while others are just the city. Wrong city: Maxmind, KeyCDN, ipdata, IP-API, Failed to fetch: ipinfo, ipgeolocation,…
phillipseamore on HN
ipdata
From 1 comment
AbstractAPI uncannily comes up with my neighbourhood while others are just the city. Wrong city: Maxmind, KeyCDN, ipdata, IP-API, Failed to fetch: ipinfo, ipgeolocation,…
phillipseamore on HN
IP-API
From 1 comment
AbstractAPI uncannily comes up with my neighbourhood while others are just the city. Wrong city: Maxmind, KeyCDN, ipdata, IP-API, Failed to fetch: ipinfo, ipgeolocation,…
phillipseamore on HN
IPregistry
From 1 comment
That's an interesting comparison but that's a shame to see great services such as IPregistry.co to not appear in your analysis.
lpellegr on HN