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LocationIQ
What Is LocationIQ?
Trusted by 100K+ developers, LocationIQ offers a suite of services that provides for powerful geolocation experiences that are reliable, affordable, and scalable. LocationIQ provides:
1. Address APIs: Reverse geocoding, forward geocoding, Autocomplete
2. Map APIs: Raster, Vector Map tiles, Dynamic and Static Maps
3. Routing APIs: Routing, Distance Matrix, Map-matching, Nearest and more.
Who Uses LocationIQ?
Designed for developers and businesses of all sizes, who are building for fleet or vehicle tracking, IoT devices, and wearables or using geocoding, addresses, geolocation, or timezones.
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Reviews of LocationIQ
Superb solution for device tracking
Pros:
I use this for location tracking on mobile phones - so my home automation (Home Assistant) knows where the users are
Cons:
None that I can remember
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The best solution for geolocation
Comments: Pretty good
Pros:
Simple to use. Not expensive at all. Does the job.
Cons:
it's nt easy to determine the city name.
Recomended Geocoding Software
Pros:
It is free and easy to use. Also, it is accurately locate postcodes.
Cons:
It could find some postcodes geolocation. Also, it could dind open addresses for some country which doesn’t use postcodes such as Turkey.
Good way to know, where things are
Pros:
I've installed a GPS in my car. To tighten my privacy and security I installed a dedicated server to handle notifications from my GPS. LocationIQ was my choice, because its license is available in various options - for my needs the free one was the best option. The accuracy of address determination it pretty good, although in dense urban areas it sometimes give false results. However, the value for money ($0 in my case) is very, very good. Free license is a good starting point. LocationIQ sends you weekly usage reports, which help you track the moment, when license upgrade is needed.
Cons:
Sometime the accuracy lacks, especially in dense urban areas (in my home town address returned was 2 streets away, while other location services provided accurate location). Also sometimes usage reports can be confusing - especially when minutely limit sees to be reached, and device is configured to send reports twice a minute.
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Perfect for finding locations
Comments: I use LocationIQ in conjunction with the Wordpress plugin mapsmarker Pro to find locations .
Pros:
LocationIQ is the perfect solution to search locations for Open Streetmap. I use it in conjunction with the Wordpress plugin mapsmarker Pro.
Cons:
I can't write anything negative about LocationIQ now. Try it yourself.
