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Does anyone have any recommendations on geolocation web services (preferably free!)?
Planning on using it in an asp.net app, I'd heard Google might have something.
Started by db1234 on
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MaxMind is not free, but their SaaS (web service) offering is VERY reasonably... .
It takes some figuring out to begin with, but we were up and running using the geocoding portion in less than a day .
We use the Google Maps API and it's very straightforward to use .
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What are the available (best) ruby IP-based geolocation gem/plugins?
How do they compare to one another in terms of functionality, performance and ease of use (e.g. do they interact with a web service, or require a separate database, etc.) ?
I'm hoping...
Started by JRL on
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While.
However, GeoMereLaal ( http://github.com as it's supported by more browsers since it uses more methods of Geolocation (GPS, WiFi, cookies, IP).
Distance calculation helpers, reverse geolocation, etc.
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Does anyone know whether the iPhone supports or will soon support the W3C Geolocation specification ?
I'm looking to build an app for mobile users, but rather than spend the time developing apps for every different platform (iPhone, Android, etc...), ...
Started by Mr. Matt on
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Try my Geolocation demo site worked with FireFox 3.5 on my laptop!
Geolocation javascript API
The Geolocation API Specification;head> <title....
Btw Geolocation works on the Android G1 mobile device with Gears.
In public.
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I'd like to get your impressions on any ip geolocation (as in IP to location) service services you may have employed?
I'm looking for something free or cheap, which shouldn't be unrealistic because I need to make a very small volume of requests.
Anything...
Started by carrier on
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Ip_database.php
Since you prefer free or cheap IP geolocation service, I would recommend.
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Hi ,
First of all thanks to all ....
I read that i can use the free IP geolocation webservice to get Country name from an Ip address. But how i get the response to my site , Actually this is what i look , In my site there is a need of displaying the country...
Started by Testadmin on
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Http://www.maxmind.com/app/php
You need to install the php module and then use the following code to get the country name:
$country_name = apache_note("GEOIP_COUNTRY_NAME");
[geoip_country_code_by_name][1] can give you the country for an arbitrary IP... .
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I'm working on an IP geolocation library that uses the first three octets of an IPv4 address to determine a user's country, city, lat, lon, etc. Works like a charm.
But it doesn't handle IPv6 addresses, and I'd like it to do so.
Is there any way to transform...
Started by benjismith on
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You will have to do everything yourself.
Of geolocation for IPv4 and, to my knowledge, none for IPv6.
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This is quite a long winded question, you can just skip to the last sentence if you don't care about the background info.
I just tested out HTML5 geolocation using Firefox 3.5+, and it managed to find my house, literally my exact address. I've been reading...
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W3C Geolocation API, however mentions
The Geolocation API defines a high-level....
Some info: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/geolocation/
whether they also store a huge, Google Maps may not be able to provide a location at all.
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I'm in a team and we are supposed to be setting up a 'geolocation based', ipv6, wifi mesh network to run on google android.
The idea is to use the geolocation (latitude, longitude, altitude) of each node to generate the IPv6 address, then use that to ...
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Those are all parameters you can determine for connections....
Bandwidth would be measured in bytes per second, latency in milliseconds, and capacity in % of bandwidth used .
The three main paramaters for any connection are bandwidth, latency and capacity .
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Hey all,
Is there a library out there that will get you your approximate location using the google service ( https://www.google.com/loc/json )?
Google Gears has support for it as described here http://code.google.com/p/gears/wiki/GeolocationAPI There ...
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The down side is that users have to install the PE client... .
I googled it and found this: Lat Lays Flat - Part 1 : A Google Maps .NET Control
Hi, please take a look at Sony PlaceEngine, it will get you the location based on the WiFi signals it can access .
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Hi (first question)
I'm trying to find the physical location of a computer using a language like Java/C. The only good accurate solution seems to be Google Gears ( http://code.google.com/apis/gears/api%5Fgeolocation.html ). MaxMind have an API but it ...
Started by Michael Boyd on
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If you're trying to do it on Windows and Java, this might be a little bit of help: Wifi .
For the geolocation API.
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