February 15, 2021
Are you working with government data and need to add the 11-digit FIPS code -- that is, the FIPS code that goes to the Census tract level -- to addresses or coordinates? Geocodio now returns the 11-digit FIPS with all Census results. It is in its own column as "FIPS (tract)." We still provide the FIPS to the block level as well. You can upload a spreadsheet of addresses and add the 11-digit FIPS…
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February 15, 2021
Geocodio Unlimited comes with physical dedicated instances for each customer. For people with high-volume geocoding needs (over 5 million lookups per day), you can add additional physical instances to linearly increase your geocoding capability. Unlimited customers can now view their instance load, add/remove instances, and reassign API keys from the dashboard. This is in a new section called…
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September 21, 2020
We have not moved or renamed any navigation, and all pages are in the same places they were before with the same functionality. We're going to highlight a couple of areas that have changed. We encourage you to take a look around and drop us a note at support@geocod.io if you see anything off or encounter any issues. Dashboard Home The biggest change you'll notice is the new color scheme and the…
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May 22, 2020
Mortgage IQ has been delivering Mortgage CRM, Lead Management and Marketing for Retail, Wholesale/Correspondent and/or Consumer Direct Lenders for over 25 years. They use Geocodio as an integral part of numerous workflows and data management needs. Geocodio takes Mortgage iQ to the next level in capabilities they can offer to their clients including intelligent lead and/or account routing and…
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April 01, 2020
We all find ourselves in uncharted waters right now. However, we feel as prepared as any business can be. As a small team, we have purposefully designed our infrastructure to be able function without us, and from a financial perspective Geocodio is run conservatively. Many of our customers have trusted us since we were founded in 2014, and we wanted to return that trust and give you a peek inside…
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January 07, 2020
1. Accuracy Improvements We've added more underlying source datasets and made improvements to how we parse Canadian addresses. These improvements have led to a 96% increase in high-accuracy results. Now, given a random sample (more specifically: a list of all Tim Horton's locations), 84% of results will come back rooftop or range interpolated, versus 70% before. Table showing data of geocoding…
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November 11, 2019
We've gotten many requests over the years to customize the preview maps, like changing marker styles, adding info pop-ups for each point, combining multiple spreadsheets, and overlaying boundaries like Congressional districts, counties, and school districts. We've also heard many frustrations about how most mapping platforms change per page view, leading to unpredictable costs. So we're thrilled…
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November 11, 2019
The price for Geocodio Unlimited is going up on December 1, 2019 to $1,000 per month, or $11,400 per year (5% discount). All Unlimited subscribers as of 11/30/2019 will be grandfathered in to the existing rate -- $750 per month, or $8,550 per year. This price includes unlimited geocoding and data appends via spreadsheet or API, with no per-seat costs. A single Unlimited instance can process 20…
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November 05, 2019
Sometimes scripts go rogue and get scaled accidentally. To better handle this, we've introduced a rate limit of 1,000 individual API calls per minute for the pay-as-you-go plan. To be very clear about what this means, it is only related to individual API calls, not the number of lookups in a batch. You can still use our batch endpoint to process thousands of lookups at once. (Here's our…
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September 19, 2019
Do you need to work with historical Census blocks, tracts, and other divisions? With the new version 1.4 of our API, you can specify the year for Census data, going back to 2010. [Update, January 2022: You can now request boundaries from the 2000 Census as well.] The data returned includes FIPS codes, tracts, blocks, Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Census Designated Areas, and Metropolitan…
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