IP Geolocation API Documentation

Our Hazard Report is an innovative cybersecurity metrics set that provides businesses with both reactive and proactive approaches to combat cyber threats. The reactive approach involves monitoring IP addresses against trusted blacklist sites such as blocklist.de, uceprotect.net, and Spamhaus, as well as using advanced algorithms and third-party sources to identify anonymisers like VPNs and proxies. However, while this approach is effective, it is limited to only identifying services listed on these websites and may not detect newly established malicious services in a timely manner, leaving businesses vulnerable to high-risk attacks....

BigDataCloud utilizes a proprietary and patent-pending Big Data-driven technology to determine the usage localities of all active IP addresses worldwide.We do not use or rely on any other IP Geolocation providers' data for anything related to IPv4 address space....

Our Next Generation IP Geolocation technology is one-of-a-kind, and we're in the process of obtaining a patent for it. It pushes IP Geolocation accuracy to its maximum theoretical potential. To learn more about the theoretical limits of IP Geolocation accuracy, we encourage you to read our blog post titled ...

BigDataCloud IP Geolocation operates from an automated algorithm (patent-pending), which consolidates and prioritises information from a number of sources.Therefore, we do not act on any request to update the data, stored and utilised in our IP Geolocation APIs....

IP based geolocation is becoming an essential means for delivering personalised user experiences. Many internet services like news, social networks, video streaming sites, e-commerce and location-based apps are dependent on accurate IP geolocation data. Moreover, it is widely utilised for fraud prevention and cybersecurity. Incorrect IP Geolocation can negatively affect the overall user online experience, often leading to customer complaints. ...