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MaxMind GeoIP Country® Database Last Updated: May 6th, 2008


Product Summary: Determine the Internet visitor's country based on the IP address. Also, try out our free GeoLite Country.


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Downloadable Database: $50/site license, includes first month of updates.

Web Service: $20 per 200,000 queries. No software or databases to install. More Information

$50 site license fee and $12 per month of updates.

First month update fee included in one time fee. You may cancel your subscription at any time.


Product Features - MaxMind GeoIP Country Database
  • Updated weekly
  • Includes unlimited e-mail support
  • Site license (all machines within organization)
  • Includes the following fields:
    • Start IP Address
    • End IP Address
    • Start IP Number
    • End IP Number
    • Country Code
    • Country Name
  • Over 99% accurate on a country level
  • Approximately 94,000 records.
  • Open Source binary API available for the following languages:
  • Automated updates for binary API database using geoipupdate on Linux/Unix, included in C API
  • Binary API database is highly optimized and supports over 400,000 queries per second with the C API
Availability
Once your order has been processed you will be able to download the data in any one of the following formats:
  • Optimized binary file for usage in APIs. We recommend using the binary files with APIs instead of importing the CSV files into SQL because the binary format is more efficient and is easy to set up and use. We have APIs for both Linux/Unix and Windows.
  • Comma-separated values (Sample data)
  • Please allow 1-3 hours to process your order during US business hours, or up to 12 hours outside of US business hours. If we require additional information to verify the order is coming from an established company, the processing make take longer. In order to speed processing of your order, please use the e-mail address associated with your company. For licensing purposes, we reserve the right to limit orders to companies with established websites. We may ask for information on how the GeoIP database will be used, to verify the usage will be allowed under the license agreement. For non-established businesses, please contact sales@maxmind.com or use our free GeoLite Country database.
Product Requirements
  • Uncompressed Disk Space:
    • Optimized binary file for usage in APIs. We recommend using the binary files with APIs instead of importing the CSV files into SQL because the binary format is more efficient and is easy to set up and use. We have APIs for both Linux/Unix and Windows. - 1 MB
    • Comma-separated values - 6 MB
  • For CSV Files format - WinZip or another similar PKzip archive extraction utility
  • Binary/API Format - gunzip/tar archive extraction utility
Database Fields
Field Data Type Field Description
Start IP Address varchar(15) First IP in netblock
End IP Address varchar(15) Last IP in netblock
Start IP Number unsigned int First IP in netblock, numeric representation.
End IP Number unsigned int Last IP in netblock, numeric representation.
Country Code char(2) ISO 3166 Country Code, with the addition of
Country Name varchar(50) The name of the country


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