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IP2Location vs OSRM: What are the differences?
What is IP2Location? 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.
What is OSRM? Modern C++ routing engine for shortest paths in road networks. It is a C++ implementation of a high-performance routing engine for shortest paths in road networks.
IP2Location can be classified as a tool in the "IP Address / WHOIS API" category, while OSRM is grouped under "Mapping APIs".
Some of the features offered by IP2Location are:
- Accurate Geolocation
- Supports IPv4 & IPv6
- Easy Integration
On the other hand, OSRM provides the following key features:
- Flexible import of OpenStreetMap data
- Handles continental sized networks within milliseconds
- Supports car, bicycle, walk modes
OSRM is an open source tool with 4.01K GitHub stars and 2.21K GitHub forks. Here's a link to OSRM's open source repository on GitHub.
