MapBox Geolocating by IP Address

Question

I'm currently implementing MapBox and i need to geolocate based on two options:

• Zip-Code
• Ip-Addresses

I tried Geolocating by zipcode. I think it is possible, but it will be great if someone is completely certain.

For Ip Address, I'm still trying to find if this is possible with MapBox, or i will require an external web tool to get approximate location data where i can inject it into MapBox ?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Geolocation via zip codes are currently not available with Mapbox's geocoder, however there are some major updates to mapbox's geocoder scheduled to be released within the coming months. A post on Mapbox's blog noted geocoder updates and Mapbox Directions will be released early 2014.