Geolocation via IP

[Matt_B]

Anyone know a reliable way to do geolocating via ip address or reverse DNS lookup, preferable with C#/.net?

Whenever we do a lookup on the internet it returns us as in London, which is where our ISP (ZEN) is based, however all those silly naked lady adverts manage to trace us to Leicester, any ideas how?

 

[Jeff]

Anyone know a reliable way to do geolocating via ip address or reverse DNS lookup, preferable with C#/.net?

Whenever we do a lookup on the internet it returns us as in London, which is where our ISP (ZEN) is based, however all those silly naked lady adverts manage to trace us to Leicester, any ideas how?

You can buy databases of IP addresses to use for geo location, there are some (less reliable) free versions available too, I'll see if I can find them.

 

[Jeff]

http://software77.net/geoip-software.htm

 

[Matt_B]

Cheers Jeff, it's for a project we are quoting on so cost isn't too much of an issue, the client will pay. I'll pass that link on

 

[Jeff]

Cheers Jeff, it's for a project we are quoting on so cost isn't too much of an issue, the client will pay. I'll pass that link on

The one I linked to is free, but I've just looked at it and it just shows the country. There are more precise location databases available.

 

[Jeff]

This one is better: http://www.maxmind.com/app/city

I put your IP address into the demo and it says you're in Leicester.

 

[Matt_B]

This one is better: http://www.maxmind.com/app/city

I put your IP address into the demo and it says you're in Leicester.

Excellent cheers, variously depending on the site we used we are either in Manchester, Rochdale, Amsterdam, Leicester, London or Bournemouth.

 

[Disco Bob]

Anyone know a reliable way to do geolocating via ip address or reverse DNS lookup to find all those silly naked ladies?