IP geolocation
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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.
Geolocation services:
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<a href="http://www.digital-element.net/ip_intelligence/ip_intelligence.html">Digital Element
- commercial: NetAcuity
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<a href="http://www.ip2location.com/?AfID=23224"> IP2Location:
- commercial:
- <a href="http://www.ip2location.com/free.asp"> free online query: 20 lookups/day</a>
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<a href="http://www.maxmind.com/app/ip-location">MaxMind
- commercial: GeoIP Country, GeoIP City
- free downloadable data with open source API: GeoLite Country, GeoLite City
- <a href="http://www.maxmind.com/app/locate_ip"> free online query: 25 lookups/day</a>
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- Software 77: IP to Country
- <a href="http://software77.net/cgi-bin/ip-country/geo-ip.pl"> free downloadable data</a>
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<a href="http://www.hostip.info/">IP Address Lookup
- free downloadable data
- Hostip.info is a community-based project to geolocate IP addresses, making the database freely available (see below) but it needs you to put in your city to make it work. It only takes 10 seconds, and you'll get a warm fuzzy feeling of 'doing the right thing' :-)
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<a href="http://www.geobytes.com">Geobytes
- commercial
- <a href="http://www.geobytes.com/IpLocator.htm"> free online query</a>
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- <a href="http://www.quova.com">Quova (commercial)</a>
- <a href="http://www.cyscape.com/products/chawk"> CountryHawk (commercial)</a>
- <a href="http://www.netgeo.com/index.htm">Verifia NetGeo (commercial)</a>
- <a href="http://www.activetarget.com/">ActiveTarget (commercial)</a>
- <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/javainetlocator/">Java IP (InetAddress) Locator (free lookup library with database)</a>
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<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>
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<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>
- <a href="http://www.ip2country.net/"> Jgsoft IP Address Geolocation (commercial w/free limited online lookups)</a>
- <a href="http://www.namimedia.com/geo.htm">Nami Media (commercial)</a>
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