Geocode Earth Reviews

VINCheck.info Reviews

1. Jack Matthews

   over 3 years ago
   Not full reports

   Even though reports are free I can't say they are very informative enough. And how do I know if I can trust these reports?

   👎 Cons:    Not a full cdn solution

Geocode Earth mentions (5)

• Serverless maps at 1/700 the cost of Google Maps API

  As the developer of this system, I concur with this; Protomaps is focused on map tiles, and can be used with other solutions such as http://geocode.earth for search. A small detail: I don't believe this is the absolute cheapest way to deliver map tiles. Renting an unmetered bandwidth server is always going to be the cheapest way to host content, but unmanaged servers don't give you SSL termination, infinite... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Is there a free version / alternative of google places api?

  The honest truth is that google places is simply the best in the world, and the 2nd place is far behind. that's probably foursquare. After that, mapbox, then mapquest, then https://geocode.earth/. All of those are paid. Source: about 2 years ago

• Mantle – Serverless Maps Using Lambda or Cloudflare Workers

  The stack I describe in the post is only for map tiles - Map tiles are a good fit for CDNs because the input space is small (just Z/X/Y coordinates on a square grid) and thus very cacheable. Geocoding is a very different problem because the input space - human language - is much, much larger, and answering queries quickly to support features like autocomplete really requires a server with hot data in memory. One... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• Positionstack (by APILayer) Geocoding-API down for over 14 days, with no ETA

  If anyone comes across this looking for an alternative, we can help at Geocode Earth (https://geocode.earth). We're a small independent company that has been working on geocoding since 2013, first as part of Mapzen(https://mapzen.com), and then with our own self-funded business after Mapzen shut down at the start of 2018. Our core software, the Pelias Geocoder (https://pelias.io) is open source, and ironically we... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Should you contribute open data to OpenStreetMap for free?

  Here is why you should contribute to OSM even though there are major players profiting from it: OSM is big enough and good enough that all the tech giants (except Google) would do better to start with OSM and improve it to meet their needs than to start a new, completely proprietary map from scratch. That means that we are in an amazing place where in addition to the substantial volunteer OSM community, there are... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

VINCheck.info mentions (33)

• Free VIN lookup sites are pulling fake data.

  Out of curiosity, I gave vincheck.info a spin and compared it to carfax and autocheck. While the carfax and autocheck match perfectly, the vincheck data is 99% fabricated. These were my own vehicles and so I at least know the history during my ownership which is reflected in carfax and autocheck. Would love to have other redditors confirm as these fake data sites are leading people to make some horrible car... Source: 6 months ago

• Help with Texas car title

  Go to https://vincheck.info/ and enter the VIN. Go through all the screens and at the end you'll get to a screen where it asks your email and name (I just used a disposable email in the off chance they spam) and it will show you a title check report that checks against the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS). It might give you info about what the gray/blue is referring to. As far as I know,... Source: 11 months ago

• Reasonable price for a used Camry 2012 LE, 137k miles

  I could only check the car by using the VIN number on vincheck.info, iseecars.com, but their reports seem less reliable and complete than those of carfax. Source: 11 months ago

• Kind of a long shot, but looking for the person who bought my car that I traded off. I have the factory top tonneau cover for it. Supposedly these things are worth over a grand. You would have bought the car from Bachman in Louisville, Ky.

  It could have been sold anywhere. Dealers frequently trade cars with other dealerships or sell them at auctions. See when/where it was last sold https://vincheck.info/. Source: about 1 year ago

• So when a motorist hit another car in Cheektowaga NY, this was the response when the striker was asked for insurance information

  Https://vincheck.info is my go to free vin report site. But I don't think you'll find anything too interesting in a vin report. Source: about 1 year ago