Methodology
Methodology deep dive
How ProdIPData reconciles public internet data sources into consistent monthly IPv4 geolocation releases.
Core principle
ProdIPData treats the monthly release as a reproducible data product. Each snapshot is built from public source inputs, normalized into a consistent relational model, and exported into CSV, Parquet, and MMDB formats.
Processing flow
- Collect public registry, routing, geographic, and reference inputs.
- Normalize identifiers such as country codes, GeoName IDs, ASNs, RIR labels, and prefix ranges.
- Resolve conflicts using deterministic rules and source-specific precedence.
- Build a monthly staging layer at the /24 level.
- Publish aligned release artifacts across CSV, Parquet, and MMDB.
What ProdIPData adds
The value layer is normalization, reconciliation, attribution, classification, and monthly versioning. This is what makes the release useful as a repeatable data engineering asset rather than a loose file collection.