GeoNames Web Services
Application Identification for free GeoNames Web Services
To cope with the increasing number of smartphones GeoNames has to introduce an application tracking for the free web services. The current system of limiting credit usage per IP address is replaced by a system that tracks usage per application.
GeoNames is now serving over 25 million requests daily, half of which originate from smartphones.
The new domain api.geonames.org will now host the free web services. It requires that the mandatory parameter username=<geonames username> be appended to all requests. You can register a username here.The domain ws.geonames.org domain will remain operational for a grace period to allow applications to update to the new domain.
We know it is a hassle to have to change the call, but the load and performance problems on the free servers have become unacceptable and need to be addressed.
In order to improve the performance on the free servers we had to reduce the radius upper limit for the findNearbyPostalCodes and the findNearbyWikipedia services. The default radius was also reduced.
Despite the new system we are still looking for Sponsors to help cope with the costs of running the free services. The more sponsors the more requests can be handled.
Source: https://geonames.wordpress.com/2011/01/28/application-identification-for-free-geonames-web-services/
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Other links:
- GeoNames map: http://www.geonames.org/maps/cities.html
- to get you free user name register here: http://www.geonames.org/login
- GeoNames Premium Webservices: http://www.geonames.org/commercial-webservices.html
- GeoNames WebServices overview: http://www.geonames.org/export/ws-overview.html
- Webservice Description http://www.geonames.org/export/geonames-search.html
- GeoNames Feature Codes http://www.geonames.org/export/codes.html
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