On Aug 19, 4:51 am, Andrew Leach <[email protected]> wrote: > On Aug 19, 2:08 am, CSS <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > For whatever reason, my chunk of static IPs at my office through > > Optimum Online are not in Google's IP->location lookup. So for > > testing, I am limited to the process where I have to do a manual > > lookup. > > > Can anyone point me to where I can submit corrections? > > Are you sure it's Google's data which is at fault? ip2location.com > puts you in Morristown NJ (assuming you posted from one of the static > addresses); is that right? If it isn't then it's your ISP which needs > to update the data it releases. It may have a policy of not locating > static IP addresses very well.
Yes, all the other location services I can find have the correct info. > Unfortunately I've no idea where Google gets its data from; but it's > the data provider who needs to get it right. Hence my post. :) I mean, the primary reason the service exists is to serve relevant ads to people. There must be some way to feed them corrections. > Have you tried using a proxy for testing? That might produce different > results, although any well-written app will ignore the proxy IP > address and use the forwarded one. A badly-behaved proxy which doesn't > add an X-Forwarded-For header is probably needed. Or simply put your > app on an server somewhere and access it from somewhere else. You > don't need to make the URL available if all you're doing is testing > it. I have not, but I may set one up at a client office just for this. C > Andrew --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" 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-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
