GeoLite Country is similar to the GeoIP Country database, but is slightly less accurate. Should you require greater accuracy, GeoIP Country is a drop-in replacement for GeoLite Country. We also offer a free geolocation database on a city level.

We are unable to offer direct support for GeoLite users. Please visit GeoIP Support Center for available documentation and MaxMind Forum if you encounter problems.

Under the license agreement, all advertising materials and documentation mentioning features or use of this database must display the following acknowledgment: "This product includes GeoLite data created by MaxMind, available from http://www.maxmind.com/."

Our binary format is a highly optimized database that supports fast lookups using our Open Source API code.

• Select an API from our list of supported programming languages
• Download the latest GeoLite Country Binary Format (Last updated May 1st, 2008, next update on June 1st, 2008)

  Once you have downloaded the database, you can uncompress it using gunzip on Linux or WinZip on Windows. You can then query the uncompressed file, GeoIP.dat, by using the example program in the API you selected for GeoIP Country.

Our CSV format enables you to load the database into a SQL database.

• Instructions on how to use our CSV databases with a SQL database.
• Download the latest GeoLite Country CSV Format (Last updated April 1st, 2008, next update on May 1st, 2008)

	GeoLite Country	GeoIP Country
Cost	Free	$50 initial, $12 per month of updates
Accuracy	99.3%	99.8%
AOL Users	Returns US for all AOL users	Identifies AOL users in United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Japan, and Brazil*.
Redistribution	Free, subject to GPL/LGPL for APIs and database license. Commercial redistribution licenses are available.	Please contact us
Updates	Updated monthly, at the beginning of each month.	Weekly updates, automated updates available by using geoipupdate program included with C API.
Additional Information	Some Anonymous Proxies, Satellite Providers	Additional Anonymous Proxies, Satellite Providers

* Some French AOL users appear to come from Great Britain or Germany due to the way that AOL routes their traffic through proxy servers. Other countries may appear to come from the US if AOL routes the traffic through US proxy servers.