IP2Location vs TileStache: 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, TileStache is detailed as "A Python-based server application that can serve up map tiles based on rendered geographic data". TileStache is a Python-based server application that can serve up map tiles based on rendered geographic data. You might be familiar with TileCache, the venerable open source WMS server from MetaCarta. TileStache is similar, but we hope simpler and better-suited to the needs of designers and cartographers.

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

TileStache is an open source tool with 706 GitHub stars and 278 GitHub forks. Here's a link to TileStache's open source repository on GitHub.