GeoDataSource Web Services
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This API is best for obtaining accurate geolocation data based on address or IP address.
Developers should use this API for location based application features such as finding nearby locations, or for validating addresses. As GeoDataSource Web Services provides high accuracy geolocation data, applications can render a better user experience. With this API developers can look up current time, sunrise/sunset times, distance calculations, IP geolocation, and reverse geocoding.
Key features
- Reverse geocoding
- geo IP lookup
- time zone lookups
- sunrise sunset times
- and distance calculations.
Potential use cases
- Pet Groomer Finder Web App: An application to find a pet groomer nearby. Using GeoDataSource Web Services, users can easily search for pet groomers in their area, and get results for locations closest to them.
- Delivery Route Optimization Web App: An application to optimize delivery routes for efficient delivery of goods and services. Using GeoDataSource Web Services data, delivery routes can be easily calculated for the shortest routes, or for routes avoiding high traffic areas.
- Offline Geocoding Insights Dashboard: GeoDataSource Web Services can be used to power an insights dashboard which surfaces the locations of customer engagements like store visits, online conversions and other geotagged data. This dashboard can help marketers look into conversations happening in markets offline by comparing two or more locations and other geocoded insights.
GeoDataSource has helped us meet our goal of providing accurate geolocation data in our application. We had an easy integration and the quality of data provided has been top-notch. We strongly recommend GeoDataSource to any developer looking for reliable location data services.
Related Technologies
- Google Maps Geolocation API
- IP Geolocation API
- Bing Maps Geocode API