IP geolocation

IP geolocation is the process of turning an IP address into a physical location. It cannot be done with 100% accuracy, but there are a growing number of both commercial and non-commercial services that can do it pretty well.

Free services:

• HostIP.info
• GeoBytes Free online query

Commercial Geolocation services:

• Digital ElementNetAcuity
• " IP2Location (Free query: 20 lookups/day)
• MaxMind (Free service: GeoLite Country, GeoLite City) (Free query: 25 lookups/day at http://www.maxmind.com/app/locate_ip .)
• Geobytes Commercial

Freely Downloadable Data Sets:

• [http://software77.net/cgi-bin/ip-country/geo-ip.pl Software 77 - free downloadable data[

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<a href="http://www.geobytes.com">Geobytes

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<a href="http://www.quova.com">Quova (commercial)</a> </li>

<a href="http://www.cyscape.com/products/chawk"> CountryHawk (commercial)</a> </li>

<a href="http://www.netgeo.com/index.htm">Verifia NetGeo (commercial)</a> </li>

<a href="http://www.activetarget.com/">ActiveTarget (commercial)</a> </li>

<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/javainetlocator/">Java IP (InetAddress) Locator (free lookup library with database)</a> </li>

<a href="http://www.tamos.com/products/ip-location-database/">CountryWhois DB

• commercial
• <a href="http://www.countrywhois.com/online-demo.php"> free online demo</a>

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<a href="http://www.IPAddressGuide.com/">IPAddressGuide.com: free online geolocation; unsure about underlying database</a> </li>

<a href="http://www.serviceobjects.com/products/dots_ipgeo.asp?zut=GGL1004&bhcp=1">Dots IP Address Validation

• commercial
• <a href="http://www.serviceobjects.com/demos/geopinpointdemo.asp">free online lookups (10/day)</a>

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<a href="http://www.geocate.com/index.htm">GeoCate (commercial)</a> </li>

<a href="http://www.ip2country.net/"> Jgsoft IP Address Geolocation (commercial w/free limited online lookups)</a> </li>

<a href="http://www.namimedia.com/geo.htm">Nami Media (commercial)</a> </li> </ul> </div>

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