GeoIP Release Notes

GeoNames Monthly Diff Report (February 2025)

GeoIP2 and GeoLite2 databases incorporate GeoNames geographical data, which is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Monthly updates to GeoNames data are incorporated into our databases as we refresh them. Above you will find a CSV report of these changes as they apply to English place names for the month of February as they relate to the following fields:

• geoname_id
• country_name
• country_code
• city_name
• subdivision_1_iso_code
• subdivision_2_iso_code

Note that the values for the old_ and new_ columns for a given field only differ for the field defined in the diff_in column.

* In this month’s update, a large number of subdivision codes have been updated for the United Kingdom.

We are removing the long-deprecated fields is_anonymous_proxy and is_satellite_provider from all web services and all MMDB format databases. This will be a non-breaking change.

These columns will be set to0 for all rows in CSV-format databases.

The following services will be impacted:

• GeoIP Country database
• GeoIP City database
• GeoIP Enterprise database

As announced in our previous release note, we are reclassifying a portion of Verizon Wireless networks in the United States.

In addition to reclassifying the ISP name from Verizon Wireless to
Verizon 5g Home Internet, we will also be reclassifying the organization name for consistency.

Starting on Friday, February 7, networks that have their ISP name set to Verizon 5g Home Internet will also have their organization name set to Verizon 5g Home Internet.

The following products and services will be affected:

• GeoIP Enterprise database
• GeoIP Insights and City Plus web services
• GeoIP ISP database
• minFraud Insights and Factors web services

Starting on Tuesday, February 4, we will be making changes to identify more fixed wireless networks. We are starting with Verizon Wireless networks in the United States.

Beginning with database releases on Tuesday, February 4, about 15% of traffic previously identified with ISP name Verizon Wireless will be reclassified.

These networks will have their ISP name set to Verizon 5g Home Internet and they will have their user_type set to residential. Their connection_type will remain set to Cellular.

The following products and services will be affected:

• GeoIP Enterprise database
• GeoIP Insights and City Plus web services
• GeoIP ISP database
• minFraud Insights and Factors web services

The metro_code data in our GeoIP products and services is a no-longer-maintained code. Because Google does not use or publish these codes any longer, the metro_code field has now been deprecated in our GeoIP products and services.

What should I do?

The field will not be removed from our databases and existing values will continue to be populated, so you can continue using it if you find it valuable.

GeoNames Monthly Diff Report (January 2025)

GeoIP2 and GeoLite2 databases incorporate GeoNames geographical data, which is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Monthly updates to GeoNames data are incorporated into our databases as we refresh them. Above you will find a CSV report of these changes as they apply to English place names for the month of January as they relate to the following fields:

• geoname_id
• country_name
• country_code
• city_name
• subdivision_1_iso_code
• subdivision_2_iso_code

Note that the values for the old_ and new_ columns for a given field only differ for the field defined in the diff_in column.