Hi, I updated the GeoIP database OL uses. I tested it with two IP addresses that were giving incorrect results, and now it gives correct results.
We are using the free GeoLiteCity db from MaxMind. We had held off updating it because the new db was significantly smaller than the old one, and we had heard complaints about the accuracy of the smaller db. It looks like these might now be resolved. Hopefully this fixes the problem. -raj On Mar 8, 2013, at 11:21 AM, Tom Morris <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Karen Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: > Tom, > > some of us from the larger states have trouble with the idea that > another state is just an hour's drive away :-) > > Anyway, I think this has to do with the tables that keep track of IP > addresses, and Raj suggested a few days ago that OL's need to be > updated. It boggles my mind that one could accurately discern state > location by IP address -- but it seems that is the case. > > I guess you don't get the "Find hot singles near <your town here>" ads. :-) > These services are pretty well developed and are usually reasonably accurate > unless you're using a VPN or other private network homed in some remote > location. Certainly for consumer broadband connections they tend to be > pretty accurate. I've never seen one this far off. > > Hopefully the ad campaign will be short lived... > > Tom > > > > kc > > > On 3/8/13 9:03 AM, Tom Morris wrote: > > For a few days, Open Library flashed a banner at me about being in > > Massachusetts. Kind of annoying, particularly since there was no way to > > dismiss it, but at least it was accurate. > > > > For the last week or so, it's taken to telling me about this great > > program that Rhode Island has. Why does it think I'm in a state that's > > an hour's drive away? > > > > Tom > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ol-tech mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > > [email protected] > > > > -- > Karen Coyle > [email protected] http://kcoyle.net > ph: 1-510-540-7596 > m: 1-510-435-8234 > skype: kcoylenet > _______________________________________________ > Ol-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Ol-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > [email protected]
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