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IP2Location vs MAPS.ME: What are the differences?

Developers describe IP2Location as "IP geolocation solution to identify visitor's geographical location". It is IP geolocation solution to identify visitor's geographical location, i.e. country, region, city, latitude & longitude of city, ZIP code, time zone, connection speed, ISP, domain name, IDD country code, area code, weather station code and name, mobile carrier, elevation and usage type information using a proprietary IP address lookup database and technology without invading the Internet user's privacy. The IP2Location solution is available as database, programming API and hosted solution. On the other hand, MAPS.ME is detailed as "Offline OpenStreetMap maps for iOS/Android". MAPS.ME is an open source cross-platform offline maps application, built on top of crowd-sourced OpenStreetMap data. It was publicly released for iOS and Android.

IP2Location can be classified as a tool in the "IP Address / WHOIS API" category, while MAPS.ME is grouped under "Mapping APIs".

Some of the features offered by IP2Location are:

  • Accurate Geolocation
  • Supports IPv4 & IPv6
  • Easy Integration

On the other hand, MAPS.ME provides the following key features:

  • Totally Offline
  • WorldWide
  • Really Fast

MAPS.ME is an open source tool with 3.37K GitHub stars and 736 GitHub forks. Here's a link to MAPS.ME's open source repository on GitHub.

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    What is IP2Location?

    It is IP geolocation solution to identify visitor's geographical location, i.e. country, region, city, latitude & longitude of city, ZIP code, time zone, connection speed, ISP, domain name, IDD country code, area code, weather station code and name, mobile carrier, elevation and usage type information using a proprietary IP address lookup database and technology without invading the Internet user's privacy. The IP2Location solution is available as database, programming API and hosted solution.

    What is MAPS.ME?

    MAPS.ME is an open source cross-platform offline maps application, built on top of crowd-sourced OpenStreetMap data. It was publicly released for iOS and Android.

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