GeoNames Monthly Diff Report (April 2021)
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 for the month of April as they relate to the following fields:
geoname_idcountry_namecountry_codecity_namesubdivision_1_iso_codesubdivision_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.
GeoNames Monthly Diff Report (March 2021)
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 for the month of March as they relate to the following fields:
geoname_idcountry_namecountry_codecity_namesubdivision_1_iso_codesubdivision_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.
* This month’s update includes changes that should improve overall accuracy of city-level name data.
GeoNames Monthly Diff Report (February 2021)
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 for the month of February as they relate to the following fields:
geoname_idcountry_namecountry_codecity_namesubdivision_1_iso_codesubdivision_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.
We will be mapping more mobile (cellular) networks to a state (subdivision) rather than a city for Telstra Internet IPs in Australia, as well as other mobile networks in France and other countries. This change will better reflect the traffic distribution of these IP addresses across a state.
These changes will be implemented incrementally. Some IP addresses will reflect this change on February 2, 2021, and additional IP addresses will be updated on February 16, 2021.
On Monday, January 25 we will be updating MaxMind products and services with ISP data to consolidate naming conventions for Vodafone Germany. We will now return either Vodafone Germany Cable, Vodafone Germany DSL, Vodafone Germany Business, or Vodafone Germany. Previous values were Vodafone GmbH, Vodafone Germany, and Vodafone DSL. We are updating these values to more accurately reflect the type of connection that the IP address is associated with.
The following GeoIP databases and services are affected by this change:
- GeoIP2 ISP database
- GeoIP2 Enterprise database
- GeoIP Legacy ISP and Organization databases
- GeoIP2 Precision and Legacy City Service
- GeoIP2 Precision and Legacy Insights Service
- minFraud Insights
- minFraud Factors
GeoNames Monthly Diff Report (January 2021)
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 for the month of January as they relate to the following fields:
geoname_idcountry_namecountry_codecity_namesubdivision_1_iso_codesubdivision_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.
Effective January 5, 2021, the is_in_european_union flag will no longer be marked true for locations in the United Kingdom. This change will be reflected in the data in GeoLite2 databases and web services, GeoIP2 databases, GeoIP2 Precision web services, and minFraud Insights and Factors services.
We have released a free IP geolocation API, which allows users to query our GeoLite2 data. See our blog for
an overview of the GeoLite2 web service. You can learn how to integrate the GeoLite2 web service in our
Getting Started with GeoLite2 guide.
We now provide direct notifications in the rare event of a database update delay (past 11:59 PM EST on Tuesdays) on our
service status page. You can subscribe to these updates by email, webhook, or RSS. To subscribe, click the button in the upper right of the page. After subscribing to updates, select ‘Manage Existing Subscription’ to manage which services you receive updates for. You can deselect services and servers which are not relevant to you, though you should ensure ‘New Database Update Releases’ is selected.
GeoNames Monthly Diff Report (December 2020)
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 for the month of December as they relate to the following fields:
geoname_idcountry_namecountry_codecity_namesubdivision_1_iso_codesubdivision_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.
* We have updated the names of several countries to their short names (e.g. Republic of Lithuania to Lithuania). These changes will show up in this month’s GeoIP2 builds.
