Using geocoder on production server

Question

I am developing a location based application. And i need a trustable source for getting geolocation.

right now i am using this geocoder plugin.

and i am gettin

Answer 1

Try using maxmind.com - this will do a geo lookup based on IP address. They have a free or paid for database that your store on your server. They have a Ruby API. I use this in a production system and the lookups are typically sub-millisecond as the data is cached.