Unfortunately, this is a fairly common issue with the ClientLocation functionality. It is not nearly as reliable as some other options out there. And sadly, there is no graduated accuracy where it will return state or country data even if it can't track down an IP address. And no, there is no way to test for any IP address but your own.
Jeremy R. Geerdes Effective website design & development Des Moines, IA For more information or a project quote: http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.com http://jgeerdes.blogspot.com http://jgeerdes.wordpress.com [email protected] Unless otherwise noted, any price quotes contained within this communication are given in US dollars. If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights Wesleyan Church! And check out my blog, Adventures in Web Development, at http://jgeerdes.blogspot.com ! On Nov 19, 2009, at 4:32 PM, Frédéric Hewitt wrote: > Question in 2 parts : > > 1) Later this week, direct call to http://www.google.com/jsapi in > browser give me a correct geolocalization information. But today, I > find that my project no more work correctly, and further investigation > show me that the geolocalization work no more. (same workstation, same > provider, same physical location) > > It's normal ? > > 2) What is strange is that many free open source geolocation (like > http://ipinfodb.com) still able to geolocalize me. It's a big surprise > for me, as I make the assumption that the Google jsapi is better than > any other free solutions on the market for geolocalization. But this > assumption appear to be seriously false : it even don't give me a > partial result with the country ! > > This raise the second critical question : Can I test the ip > geolocalization for a wide range of specifics IPs ? And How ? I really > need to know the performance for a limited amount of specific little > cities. > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl= > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=.
