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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 3:05 pm
by Bill H
It put me in Atlanta GA, which is pretty cool actually.
I now live in San Diego CA, but I did live in Atlanta for almost 15 years (about 20 years ago).
I love that city, and if I didn't live here I would want to be there.
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 7:55 pm
by m3mn0n
It still says the wrong location, but it is indeed neat.
It might be possible to combine this script with another data source that could list all cities and their lat/long so you could work on user inputted data instead of IP address data.
I think that's what I will do.

Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 7:57 pm
by feyd
yeah, geographic data via IP isn't reliable with the megaISPs around these days.
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 8:23 pm
by timvw
There are some cool demos that work with user inputted data, fe:
http://maps.smugmug.com/.
User entered data
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 10:53 pm
by phatass
IP geocoding doesn't really work these days.
With user entered data there are ways of doing this.
It's not hard to implement a zip code lookup.
phat
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:08 pm
by timvw
I think we all agree that user entered data is usually more reliable.
There is a reason/case why people choose for an IP<->Location mapping though, because it's usually impossible to know where the user is coming from. In this case it can be useful, eg: if you want to show different banners for different countries.. I don't expect you ask a surfer to tell his location before you send him an appropriate banner

Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:43 pm
by tony007
Hi all. could any one post the needed files to install this script. I only got the .dat file. I be happy if an expert tell me how to install it.Thanks
Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 2:46 am
by timvw