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Geocoding Service ("Lookup") Configuration
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Geocoder supports a variety of street and IP address geocoding services. The default lookups are `:google` for street addresses and `:freegeoip` for IP addresses. Please see the listing and comparison below for details on specific geocoding services (not all settings are supported by all services). Some common configuration options are:
Geocoder supports a variety of street and IP address geocoding services. The default lookups are `:google` for street addresses and `:freegeoip` for IP addresses. Please see the listing and comparison below for details on specific geocoding services (not all settings are supported by all services).
To create a Rails initializer with an example configuration:
rails generate geocoder:config
Some common configuration options are:
# config/initializers/geocoder.rb
Geocoder.configure(
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***Notes**: There are two supported formats for MaxMind local data: binary file, and CSV file imported into an SQL database. **You must download a database from MaxMind and set either the `:file` or `:package` configuration option for local lookups to work.**
**To create a Rails initializer** with an example configuration:
rails generate geocoder:config
**To use a binary file** you must add the *geoip* (or *jgeoip* for JRuby) gem to your Gemfile or have it installed in your system, and specify the path of the MaxMind database in your configuration. For example:
