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MaxMind GeoIP^® Metro Code Database

Last Updated: August 1st, 2010

Product Summary: Determine US Metro Code, US state/Canadian province, and country based on IP address
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With Updates

Downloadable Database: $220/site license, includes first month of updates.

Web Service: $20 per 50,000 queries. No software or databases to install. More Information

Individual Metro Codes: Available for single metro codes for $50

$220 site license fee and $53 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 Metro Code Database

Updated monthly
Includes e-mail support
Site license (all machines within organization)
Includes the following fields:
- Start IP Number
- End IP Number
- Location ID
- Country Code
- State/Province
- Metro Code
- Continent data is available through an external lookup
Open Source binary API available for the following languages:
- C
- PHP (Pure)
- Java
- Perl (XS)
- Perl (Pure)
- Apache
- Python
- MS COM
- C#
- Pascal
- For performance details, see our benchmark page

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
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 City 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. - 10 MB
- Comma-separated values - 31 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 Number	unsigned int	First IP in netblock, numeric representation.
End IP Number	unsigned int	Last IP in netblock, numeric representation.
Location ID	unsigned int	Location ID used to join netblock and location tables (CSV Only)
Country Code	char(2)	ISO 3166 Country Code, with the addition of A1 for Anonymous Proxies. Does not include Open Proxy detection. Open proxy detection is only available through the minFraud or proxy detection web service. A2 for Satellite Providers EU for Europe AP for Asia/Pacific Region In addition, we map overseas military bases to US
State/Province	char(2)	For US/Canada only, ISO-3166-2 code for the state/province
Metro Code	unsigned int	Metropolitan Area (US Only).

Disclaimer:
The database contains our best estimate for the location for every IP address, but may not be accurate or complete in all cases. Please try the demo before purchasing.