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How accurate can IP Geolocation get?
IP Geolocation
April 27, 2021
IP geolocation technology has been around for a long while. It is the only non-intrusive tool a service provider can use to estimate the geographical ...
Five reasons why BigDataCloud API is better than Google Maps Free Reverse Geocoding API
April 27, 2021
Most modern mobile and web apps have location-based features enabled for content personalisation and customer targeting. These features are transformi...
Identifying anonymous IP address to detect online fraud
April 27, 2021
As we make our way through the global pandemic, the Internet is playing a crucial role in normalising our day to day activities. Businesses have been ...
New Feature Update: Free client-side reverse geocoding API with IP geolocation fallback
March 24, 2021
Location-based services are playing a crucial role in our digital life. Most service providers must know where their customers are coming from to tail...
How reliable are reverse geocoding APIs for location-based services?
February 16, 2021
The reverse geocoding API is widely used by businesses to identify their customer’s or asset’s location by converting their geographical coordinates i...
Deep dive into the real-time email address verification process and why we decided to do it differently?
February 17, 2020
Some years ago, the popularity of social networking websites had triggered a debate around the relevance of email addresses. Many thought that we were...
How to convert getCurrentPosition results to city name for free using ReverseGeocoding API?
January 15, 2020
These days it is quite common to see websites asking permission to access user locations. There are multiple use-cases of using location data to perso...