Accurate as in at the state level within the US and from what you have said plus a few tests I have run, this does not seem to be the case.
Thanks was what I needed. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Dae [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 4:41 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: How accurate is IP address / Geocode lookup? I don't know what your idea of accurate is and I've never tested a large enough sample size to be sure, but I say it's not accurate. I say this because when I checked my IP address, it said I was in NJ. Grabbed another IP and it showed PA. I'm in MD. I checked a friends IP and it nailed him to his town. On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Jeff Chastain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a client that is looking to ascertain the state ( or country if not > US based ) of the current visitor to their web site. One possibility has > been to use their IP address and a geocode lookup, which I have never done > before. So, how accurate is doing a geocode lookup based upon IP? Does > it > really give the user's location or more often the ISP's location? > > > > Any feedback would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:300129 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
