GeoIP2 Release Notes - 2017 Archive
Anonymizer types added to GeoIP2 Insights
November 2, 2017GeoIP2 Insights now includes anonymizer-type outputs. These outputs are:
/traits/is_anonymous– whether the IP address belongs to any sort of anonymous network./traits/is_anonymous_vpn– whether the IP address belongs to an anonymous VPN system./traits/is_hosting_provider– whether the IP address belongs to a hosting provider./traits/is_public_proxy– whether the IP address belongs to a public proxy./traits/is_tor_exit_node– whether the IP address is a Tor exit node.
Please see our GeoIP2 Web Services documentation for more information.
The legacy GeoIP JavaScript services have been discontinued
October 31, 2017Our Singapore server is live
October 10, 2017Our Singapore server is now live. GeoIP2 and GeoIP web service customers – if you hardcode any of our IPs in your application or your firewall, please make sure you have added the new server IP addresses to your list:
- IPv4 address: 169.55.62.55
- IPv6 address: 2607:f0d0:3:2d::4
- hostname: geoip-as-southeast.maxmind.com
Crimea accuracy update
September 27, 2017We completed our most recent review and update of Geolocation for Crimea. Our accuracy has increased as follows:
Approximately 89% of website visitors who are from Crimea are currently located by GeoIP as being in Crimea. Approximately 97% of the visitors who are located in Crimea by GeoIP are actually in Crimea.
We currently locate Crimea in Ukraine, as we use GeoNames data and they locate Crimea in Ukraine. If GeoNames locates Crimea in Russia in the future, we will follow their change and post an announcement here as well as on https://twitter.com/maxmind.
In legacy GeoIP, we return a FIPS region code of 11 or 20. In GeoIP2, we return a iso code of 40 or 43 in the subdivision object.
Due to the nature of geolocation technology and other factors beyond our control, we cannot guarantee any specific future accuracy level. Further, accuracy figures are subject to change as IP networks are reallocated.
EOL legacy GeoIP JavaScript
August 17, 2017Mapping more mobile networks to regional level
July 24, 2017Removing additional anycast locations
July 10, 2017104.16.0.0/12,
162.159.0.0/16, 190.93.244.0/22, 198.41.192.0/19 have been removed.Adding Multiple License Keys Support
June 23, 2017Removing anycast locations
June 11, 2017141.101.112.0/20. Anycast networks can be routed to a number of different
locations all around the world, typically based on what is the nearest
location. Over the next few weeks, we may remove the geographical location for
additional anycast networks, including more CloudFlare networks as well as
Google public DNS servers 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.New GeoLite2 ASN Database
May 9, 2017Spectrum rebranding
May 8, 2017GeoIP ISP Accuracy Improvements in Europe and Latin America
March 5, 2017The GeoIP databases and services providing ISP and Organization data have been updated. The change is to a number of European and Latin Americans ISPs. We’ve updated the ISP name to use the common trade name instead of the legal name. This will make it easier to recognize the ISP.
Please note that if you use this data point, for example, to flag a visitor if they change ISP, you may need to adjust your implementation in order to avoid false positive flags.
The ISP name changes include the following:
Proximus SkynettoSkynet BelgiumTelefonica GermanytoO2 DeutschlandTelefonica Movil De Chile S.A.toMovistar Movil ChileTele DanmarktoTDC Danmark