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geolocation. Info. on wikipedia. In summary: A reverse-DNS search through the DNS system combined with more information from geolocation DBs can usually pinpoi
by newt0311 18y ago
geolocation. Info. on wikipedia.
In summary: A reverse-DNS search through the DNS system combined with more information from geolocation DBs can usually pinpoint location to within a few miles unless the user goes to some lengths to hide it (ie. use VPNs, tor, ip spoofing, etc...). Several free databases available if you want to do this yourself.
- Andys 18y agoIt isn't that accurate outside of the USA.
- paulgb 18y agoWorked for me (Waterloo, ON)
- paraschopra 18y agoWorked for me too! Gurgaon, India
- pierrefar 18y agoActually, unless you're on AOL or a handful of other IPs, you can geolocate too >99% accuracy to a country level for free. See this: http://www.maxmind.com/app/geolitecity http://www.maxmind.com/app/geolitecity . The city accuracy outside the US is not great.
- rtra 18y agoWorks for me. Lisbon, Portugal.
- BvS 18y agoWorked for me. Berlin - Germany
- andyking 18y agoIt's fine for me to the precise town, but I'm on a static IP and someone's probably put it into one of the databases in the past. At work, opening Google Maps zooms you straight to the exact work address. Now that's spooky.
- asmosoinio 18y agoI'll join the crowd. Worked for me: Manila, Philippines. No data available about the weather though: "i'm not sure what the weather is like in Makati,PH"