Maxmind databasereader

What is MaxMind database?

The MaxMind DB file format is a database format that maps IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to data records using an efficient binary search tree.

What database format does MaxMind GeoIP use?

GeoIP2 and GeoLite2 databases are available in our MMDB format or as CSV files. The MMDB format has been highly optimized for IP lookup performance, and is the preferred format for use in production.

How do I download a GeoIP database?

Download databases through the account portal

Click on 'Download Files' in the GeoIP2 / GeoLite2 menu in your account portal [direct link, login required]. A list of all databases you are subscribed to will be displayed to you. There will be entries both for our MMDB format files, and CSV format files.

Is MaxMind free?

MaxMind also offers a free service that provides geographic and other data associated with a specific IP address (each a "GeoLite2 Web Service" and collectively the "GeoLite2 Web Services").

How accurate is MaxMind?

With those limitations in mind, we estimate that our GeoIP2 products can identify users at the country level with 99.8% accuracy. For IPs located within the U.S., we estimate around an 80% accuracy at the state/region level, and a 66% accuracy for cities (within a 50km radius of that city).

What is GeoIP2 database?

MaxMind's GeoIP2 Enterprise database provides contextual data for a comprehensive profile of IP addresses, including: geolocation data such as country, region, state, city, ZIP/postal code, and additional intelligence such as confidence factors, ISP, domain, and connection type.

Is .database a file format?

A database file is one of the several types of the system object type *FILE. A database file contains descriptions of how input data is to be presented to a program from internal storage and how output data is to be presented to internal storage from a program.

Is geolocation DB free?

Is GeoIP free?

GeoLite2 databases are free IP geolocation databases comparable to, but less accurate than, MaxMind's GeoIP2 databases . The GeoLite2 Country, City, and ASN databases are updated twice weekly, every Tuesday and Friday.

What is the difference between GeoIP and GeoIP2?

Unlike the GeoIP Legacy web service, the GeoIP2 web services use HTTP basic authentication over SSL rather than passing the license key as a query parameter. When an error occurs, we now return an appropriate HTTP error code instead of simply returning a 200 with an error in the document.

How does MaxMind GeoIP work?

MaxMind periodically tests the accuracy of the data used in GeoIP2 products and services. Accuracy is calculated by checking known web user IP address and location pairs against the data within MaxMind's GeoIP2 web service as well as the GeoIP2 City and GeoLite2 City database offerings.

What are MaxMind database paths in Wireshark?

If your copy of Wireshark supports MaxMind's MaxMindDB library, you can use their databases to match IP addresses to countries, cites, autonomous system numbers, and other bits of information. Some databases are available at no cost for registered users, while others require a licensing fee.

Who uses MaxMind?

Who uses MaxMind? ecobee, Inc. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. ecobee, Inc.

How does MaxMind geolocation work?

What is MaxMind geolocation?

Script ip-geolocation-maxmind

Tries to identify the physical location of an IP address using a Geolocation Maxmind database file (available from http://www.maxmind.com/app/ip-location). This script supports queries using all Maxmind databases that are supported by their API including the commercial ones.

What is the difference between MaxMind and IPinfo?

IPinfo's data experts update their databases every day. MaxMind, on the other hand, refreshes their databases only once a week. So even though both IP address providers monitor accuracy, IPinfo offers the most up-to-date IP information on a daily basis.

How accurate is MaxMind?

Who owns MaxMind?

MaxMind was founded in 2002 by Thomas "TJ" Mather and is based in Malden, Massachusetts, United States.

Is MaxMind GeoLite2 free?

How accurate is geolocation database?

IP-based geolocation services can only provide an approximate measure of geolocation accuracy. With these services, you can obtain 95 percent to 99 percent accuracy of a user's country. IP-based geolocation services provide 55 percent to 80 percent accuracy for a user's region or state.

What is the difference between geolocation and IP address?

Geolocation reveals local information, specific to the individual like state and city because it uses longitude and latitude coordinates. However, geolocation by IP does not have local information because it only uses the IP address information.

What is IP geolocation DB?

What is an IP Geolocation Database? Geolocation IP Databases allow you to determine your website visitor's location. These databases of IP addresses contain the latitude and longitude of a particular IP address.