From 86d2286be498dc454c034bd4d87f90158a045c9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Reisner <alex@alexreisner.com> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 10:41:28 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about :maxmind_local being experimental. --- README.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4a26aa81..6e770aae 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -585,7 +585,9 @@ Data Science Toolkit provides an API whose reponse format is like Google's but w * **Limitations**: ? * **Notes**: You must specify which MaxMind service you are using in your configuration. For example: `Geocoder.configure(:maxmind => {:service => :omni})`. -#### MaxMind Local (`:maxmind_local`) +#### MaxMind Local (`:maxmind_local`) - EXPERIMENTAL + +This lookup provides methods for geocoding IP addresses without making a call to a remote API (improves speed and availability). It works, but support is new and should not be considered production-ready. Please [report any bugs](https://github.com/alexreisner/geocoder/issues) you encounter. * **API key**: none (requires the GeoLite City database which can be downloaded from [MaxMind](http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/legacy/geolite/)) * **Quota**: none -- GitLab