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The <a href="http://www.geonames.org/commercial-webservices.html">commercial web services</a> offer <b>faster response time</b> and <b>higher uptime</b> than their free siblings and come with two types of <b>service level agreements</b>. We recommend that professional users and mission critical applications upgrade to this premium service.</p> <p>The GeoNames web services are incredibly popular and the growth rate is amazing. We regularly serve over <b>10 million requests per day</b>. <a href="http://www.geonames.org/donations.html">Donations</a>, however, don’t keep pace with this increase and we will have to limit the number of requests per IP address on the free servers to be able to keep up with the exponentially growing demand. By the end of February this limit will be 100’000 credits per IP address and by the end of March it will be <b>50’000 credits</b>. 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id="div-comment-7333" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7fda9fece6f06f68a3ebb1824575fb2d97af02075b4fbb1061e02005768b11d5?s=50&d=identicon&r=G' srcset='https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7fda9fece6f06f68a3ebb1824575fb2d97af02075b4fbb1061e02005768b11d5?s=50&d=identicon&r=G 1x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7fda9fece6f06f68a3ebb1824575fb2d97af02075b4fbb1061e02005768b11d5?s=75&d=identicon&r=G 1.5x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7fda9fece6f06f68a3ebb1824575fb2d97af02075b4fbb1061e02005768b11d5?s=100&d=identicon&r=G 2x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7fda9fece6f06f68a3ebb1824575fb2d97af02075b4fbb1061e02005768b11d5?s=150&d=identicon&r=G 3x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7fda9fece6f06f68a3ebb1824575fb2d97af02075b4fbb1061e02005768b11d5?s=200&d=identicon&r=G 4x' class='avatar avatar-50' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn">Daniel Lesser</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/commercial-geonames-web-services/#comment-7333"><time datetime="2008-02-28T00:20:11+00:00">February 28, 2008 at 12:20 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Cool. Curious. I’m seeing a “null” on the page where the charting methods purport to show for commercial services. i take it there is a time lag.</p> <p>Also to use your commercial service, I just need to add the username token I registered with in my web service request? username=XYZ? I didn’t see anywhere to modify IP blocks or add a password token.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/commercial-geonames-web-services/?replytocom=7333#respond" data-commentid="7333" data-postid="65" data-belowelement="div-comment-7333" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Daniel Lesser" aria-label="Reply to Daniel Lesser"><span class="reply-link">Reply<i class="fa fa-reply space-left"></i></span></a></div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-7335" class="comment byuser comment-author-geonames bypostauthor odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-7335" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=50&d=identicon&r=G' srcset='https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=50&d=identicon&r=G 1x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=75&d=identicon&r=G 1.5x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=100&d=identicon&r=G 2x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=150&d=identicon&r=G 3x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=200&d=identicon&r=G 4x' class='avatar avatar-50' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/" class="url" rel="ugc">marc</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/commercial-geonames-web-services/#comment-7335"><time datetime="2008-02-28T06:51:18+00:00">February 28, 2008 at 6:51 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Daniel</p> <p>The chart is updated once per day and it is only available for users of the commercial service. The option to add allowed IP addresses and password tokens is on the same page and also only available for commercial users.</p> <p>Marc</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/commercial-geonames-web-services/?replytocom=7335#respond" data-commentid="7335" data-postid="65" data-belowelement="div-comment-7335" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to marc" aria-label="Reply to marc"><span class="reply-link">Reply<i class="fa fa-reply space-left"></i></span></a></div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-7336" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-7336" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7fda9fece6f06f68a3ebb1824575fb2d97af02075b4fbb1061e02005768b11d5?s=50&d=identicon&r=G' srcset='https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7fda9fece6f06f68a3ebb1824575fb2d97af02075b4fbb1061e02005768b11d5?s=50&d=identicon&r=G 1x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7fda9fece6f06f68a3ebb1824575fb2d97af02075b4fbb1061e02005768b11d5?s=75&d=identicon&r=G 1.5x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7fda9fece6f06f68a3ebb1824575fb2d97af02075b4fbb1061e02005768b11d5?s=100&d=identicon&r=G 2x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7fda9fece6f06f68a3ebb1824575fb2d97af02075b4fbb1061e02005768b11d5?s=150&d=identicon&r=G 3x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7fda9fece6f06f68a3ebb1824575fb2d97af02075b4fbb1061e02005768b11d5?s=200&d=identicon&r=G 4x' class='avatar avatar-50' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn">Daniel Lesser</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/commercial-geonames-web-services/#comment-7336"><time datetime="2008-02-28T16:15:41+00:00">February 28, 2008 at 4:15 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Thanks for the response (I am a commercial user), it showed up today so i see what you are referring to, there was just a processing delay for the CC I suppose.</p> <p>Regards.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/commercial-geonames-web-services/?replytocom=7336#respond" data-commentid="7336" data-postid="65" data-belowelement="div-comment-7336" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Daniel Lesser" aria-label="Reply to Daniel Lesser"><span class="reply-link">Reply<i class="fa fa-reply space-left"></i></span></a></div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-7337" class="pingback odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-7337" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="http://mappinghacks.com/2008/02/28/a-credit-for-a-name/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Mapping Hacks » Blog Archive » A credit for a name</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/commercial-geonames-web-services/#comment-7337"><time datetime="2008-02-28T18:51:36+00:00">February 28, 2008 at 6:51 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>[…] GeoNames blog carries news of improved commercial service with performance guarantees. The flipside, of course, is a limit on requests that can be made to […]</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/commercial-geonames-web-services/?replytocom=7337#respond" data-commentid="7337" data-postid="65" data-belowelement="div-comment-7337" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Mapping Hacks » Blog Archive » A credit for a name" aria-label="Reply to Mapping Hacks » Blog Archive » A credit for a name"><span class="reply-link">Reply<i class="fa fa-reply space-left"></i></span></a></div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-7353" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-7353" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/30539ac986b2066796797c45031363776a78a5e7c2242b57e8948795e6e629f3?s=50&d=identicon&r=G' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/30539ac986b2066796797c45031363776a78a5e7c2242b57e8948795e6e629f3?s=50&d=identicon&r=G 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/30539ac986b2066796797c45031363776a78a5e7c2242b57e8948795e6e629f3?s=75&d=identicon&r=G 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/30539ac986b2066796797c45031363776a78a5e7c2242b57e8948795e6e629f3?s=100&d=identicon&r=G 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/30539ac986b2066796797c45031363776a78a5e7c2242b57e8948795e6e629f3?s=150&d=identicon&r=G 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/30539ac986b2066796797c45031363776a78a5e7c2242b57e8948795e6e629f3?s=200&d=identicon&r=G 4x' class='avatar avatar-50' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn">RG</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/commercial-geonames-web-services/#comment-7353"><time datetime="2008-03-15T09:35:08+00:00">March 15, 2008 at 9:35 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>You provide a fantastic service. Keep it up.<br /> One question: You mention in this post that by end of March the limit will be 50,000 credits per IP-address.<br /> Can you clarify if it is “50K <i>per day</i> per ip-address” or just simply “50k per ip-address”.</p> <p>Thanks!</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/commercial-geonames-web-services/?replytocom=7353#respond" data-commentid="7353" data-postid="65" data-belowelement="div-comment-7353" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to RG" aria-label="Reply to RG"><span class="reply-link">Reply<i class="fa fa-reply space-left"></i></span></a></div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-7354" class="comment byuser comment-author-geonames bypostauthor odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-7354" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=50&d=identicon&r=G' srcset='https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=50&d=identicon&r=G 1x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=75&d=identicon&r=G 1.5x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=100&d=identicon&r=G 2x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=150&d=identicon&r=G 3x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=200&d=identicon&r=G 4x' class='avatar avatar-50' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/" class="url" rel="ugc">marc</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/commercial-geonames-web-services/#comment-7354"><time datetime="2008-03-15T09:50:57+00:00">March 15, 2008 at 9:50 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>It is “50K per day per ip-address”. We actually don’t plan to enforce it if we don’t have to. This means at moments where our servers are overloaded we will block those ip-addresses that have been using more than their fair share of resources.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/commercial-geonames-web-services/?replytocom=7354#respond" data-commentid="7354" data-postid="65" data-belowelement="div-comment-7354" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to marc" aria-label="Reply to marc"><span class="reply-link">Reply<i class="fa fa-reply space-left"></i></span></a></div> </article> </li> </ol> <div id="respond" class="comment-respond"> <h3 id="reply-title" class="comment-reply-title">Leave a comment <small><a rel="nofollow" id="cancel-comment-reply-link" href="/2008/02/27/commercial-geonames-web-services/#respond" style="display:none;">Cancel reply</a></small></h3><form action="https://geonames.wordpress.com/wp-comments-post.php" method="post" id="commentform" class="comment-form" novalidate> <div id="comment-form__verbum" class="transparent"></div><div class="verbum-form-meta"><input type='hidden' name='comment_post_ID' value='65' id='comment_post_ID' /> <input type='hidden' name='comment_parent' id='comment_parent' value='0' /> <input type="hidden" name="highlander_comment_nonce" id="highlander_comment_nonce" value="1dcf3a2fc3" /> <input type="hidden" name="verbum_show_subscription_modal" value="" /></div><p style="display: none;"><input type="hidden" id="akismet_comment_nonce" name="akismet_comment_nonce" value="7a6f60ea4f" /></p><p style="display: none !important;" class="akismet-fields-container" data-prefix="ak_"><label>Δ<textarea name="ak_hp_textarea" cols="45" rows="8" maxlength="100"></textarea></label><input type="hidden" id="ak_js_1" name="ak_js" value="232"/><script>document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() );</script></p></form> </div> </div> </main> </div> <div id="secondary" class="widget-area" role="complementary"> <aside id="pages-2" class="widget widget_pages"><h2 class="widget-title">Pages</h2> <ul> <li class="page_item page-item-2"><a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/about/">About</a></li> </ul> </aside><aside id="text-1" class="widget widget_text"><h2 class="widget-title">RSS Feed</h2> <div class="textwidget"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/GeoNames"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.geonames.org/img/rss.png" align="middle"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/GeoNames">Subscribe to GeoNames Blog</a></div> </aside> <aside id="recent-posts-2" class="widget widget_recent_entries"> <h2 class="widget-title">Recent Posts</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2023/12/20/northern-cyprus-the-complex-reality-of-internet-geolocation/">Northern Cyprus – The Complex Reality of Internet Geolocation</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2023/11/03/st-or-saint/">St. or Saint ?</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2020/03/08/addresses-for-france-finally-open/">Addresses for France finally open</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/historic-names-with-new-from-to-field/">Historic Names with new From/To field</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2013/06/26/new-map-layout/">New Map Layout</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/improved-srtm-digital-elevation-data/">Improved SRTM Digital Elevation Data</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/south-sudan-country-codes/">South Sudan Country Codes</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/republic-of-south-sudan/">Republic of South Sudan</a> </li> </ul> </aside><aside id="categories-1" class="widget widget_categories"><h2 class="widget-title">Categories</h2><form action="https://geonames.wordpress.com" method="get"><label class="screen-reader-text" for="cat">Categories</label><select name='cat' id='cat' class='postform'> <option value='-1'>Select Category</option> <option class="level-0" value="17481">i18n  (7)</option> <option class="level-0" value="174281">natural-language-geocoder  (5)</option> <option class="level-0" value="2373">search  (9)</option> <option class="level-0" value="1763">semanticweb  (3)</option> <option class="level-0" value="1">Uncategorized  (57)</option> <option class="level-0" value="20096">use-case  (9)</option> <option class="level-0" value="5547">wikipedia  (7)</option> </select> </form><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ (function() { var dropdown = document.getElementById( "cat" ); 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