GeoIP2 Release Notes - 2013 Archive
Canadian Postals back in database
August 12, 2013Canadian postal codes are included in the GeoIP City databases again. We now return the first 3 characters of the postal for Canada. We have also increased postal coverage for Australia, France, Spain, and Switzerland
The postal code coverage is approximately:
- Australia, 22%
- Canada, 25%
- France, 39%
- Germany, 14%
- Italy, 19%
- Spain, 20%
- South Africa, 5%
- Switzerland, 38%
- United Kingdom, 9%
- United States, 56%
GeoIP release delay
August 6, 2013The Tuesday, August 6, GeoIP update is delayed one day. The databases should be
available by 6pm US Eastern time on Wednesday, August 7th. We apologize for the
delay.
Improved international postal resolution
July 24, 2013GeoIP databases now return more postal codes for Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, South Africa, Switzerland, and United Kingdom. In addition, the latitude and longitude will reflect the center of the postal code instead of the center of the city for these countries. The postal code coverage is approximately:
- Australia, 20%
- France, 23%
- Germany, 14%
- Italy, 18%
- Spain, 11%
- South Africa, 5%
- Switzerland, 28%
- United Kingdom, 9%
- United States, 56%
On July 30th, the GeoIP databases should return postals for Canada.
GeoLite2 City Database Available
July 8, 2013The GeoLite2 City
database is now available for download. This is
the first database available in our new MaxMind DB
format.
GeoIP2 Precision Data Available
July 5, 2013The GeoIP2 Web Services now use more accurate GeoIP2 precision data. Testing
shows the GeoIP2 precision data accurately geolocates 1.6% more IPs to US
postal codes than GeoIP Legacy data. GeoIP2 precision data is available only in
GeoIP2 City/ISP/Organization and GeoIP Omni Web Services.
GeoIP2 Now Available
May 1, 2013The GeoIP2 JavaScript service is now available. This is the first publicly
available GeoIP2-based service.