Hi Drew - just to confirm, i'm in Philadelphia and it gives me Reston, VA since I'm using verizon fios - so maybe that resource isn't very good for my purposes after all.
On Mar 29, 1:58 pm, drew einhorn <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Benjamin <[email protected]> wrote: > > actually this may be exactly what i needed: > > >http://www.hostip.info/ > > How important is a correct answer on the first try? > > I'm visiting a friend in Thousand Oaks, CA, > but this site says I'm in Reston, VA. > > I suspect that it says most if not all Verizion customers, > live in Reston, VA. > > These guys do a better job with my current ip, > they think I'm in Oxnard, CA with my friends tell me > is 15min or so by car, not a couple days by car. > > Demos are free, but if you want to check more than > 25/day you need to pay. > > > > > > > On Mar 25, 5:53 pm, nickmilon <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The best approach is to delegate the task to the client using > >> javascript and a geolocation service provided my google maps API as > >> Niklasrol above suggests, it is free for non-commercial use and the > >> most acurate method. > >> For an example you can take a look at my app > >> http://www.geognos.com/geo/en/cc/us.html > >> and select move map > my place from the drop box on top right for an > >> explanation take a look at page source and javascript. > > >> If you have to do it in the server you can use an API like maxminds as > >> Ulrich above is suggesting or you can build your own service on app > >> engine. > >> For an example of the later see > >> http://milon.appspot.com/stravon/db/cc/83.212.217.149 > >> and may be you read my remarks on this here in the following > >> threadhttp://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine/browse_thread/thread/... > > >> Happy coding ;) > > >> On Mar 25, 7:00 pm, Ulrich <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > Benjamin wrote: > >> > > Does anyone know a good way to get an approximate GPS coordinate > >> > > (Latitude and Longitude) when you have a users IP Address? > > >> > > When my users post to a web service i'm pretty sure i know their IP. > >> > > I'd like to get the Latitude and Longitude of the client based on that > >> > > like GEO IP does but from my system running on app engine. > > >> > Something likehttp://www.maxmind.com/app/ip-locationcouldhelpyou. I > >> > would download the database and load it into the datastore. > > >> > -Ulrich > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google App Engine" 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- > Drew Einhorn -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" 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-appengine?hl=en.
