Re: SOT: IP Geolocation APIs
I'm confused - what kind of service are you looking for? The browser itself supports geolocation. Google Maps is its own API. What else are you looking for? On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Justin Scott leviat...@darktech.orgwrote: Good morning/afternoon, one of the companies I work with is interested in integrating some IP geolocation information. I am seeking recommendations for a service with a decent API that others have used. There are so many to choose from. This will be for commercial use so a paid service is fine, though a free one that allows commercial use can be considered as well. Specifically they're looking to take a group of IPs, get a location, and then put markers on a map via the Google maps API. Any recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks! -Justin ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:354304 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: SOT: IP Geolocation APIs
I think he's looking to resolve the IP of the visitor with a location. That's possible, but not perfect. Often what you'll see is not the IP/Location of the end user-but that of the users gateway server... for example, many AOL customers look like they are in Virginia. Yes, you'll need some sort of service to do that, but it's not foolproof. I'd see if Google has anything like that. Their data base is probably the most reliable with all the analytics they run. Robert Harrison Director of Interactive Services Austin Williams Advertising I Branding I Digital I Direct 125 Kennedy Drive, Suite 100 I Hauppauge, NY 11788 T 631.231.6600 X 119 F 631.434.7022 http://www.austin-williams.com Blog: http://www.austin-williams.com/blog Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/austin_williams -Original Message- From: Raymond Camden [mailto:raymondcam...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 11:52 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: SOT: IP Geolocation APIs I'm confused - what kind of service are you looking for? The browser itself supports geolocation. Google Maps is its own API. What else are you looking for? On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Justin Scott leviat...@darktech.orgwrote: Good morning/afternoon, one of the companies I work with is interested in integrating some IP geolocation information. I am seeking recommendations for a service with a decent API that others have used. There are so many to choose from. This will be for commercial use so a paid service is fine, though a free one that allows commercial use can be considered as well. Specifically they're looking to take a group of IPs, get a location, and then put markers on a map via the Google maps API. Any recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks! -Justin ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:354305 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: SOT: IP Geolocation APIs
I'm confused - what kind of service are you looking for? The browser itself supports geolocation. Google Maps is its own API. What else are you looking for? A service where you take any IP address as input and it passes out location (and possibly other) information. For example, if we have a table of comments and we collect the IP addresses where those comments were posted from and later want to put them all up on a map. -Justin ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:354306 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: SOT: IP Geolocation APIs
If you're doing it later rather than real time you can probably get that information from Google Analytics. Robert Harrison Director of Interactive Services Austin Williams Advertising I Branding I Digital I Direct 125 Kennedy Drive, Suite 100 I Hauppauge, NY 11788 T 631.231.6600 X 119 F 631.434.7022 http://www.austin-williams.com Blog: http://www.austin-williams.com/blog Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/austin_williams -Original Message- From: Justin Scott [mailto:leviat...@darktech.org] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 11:57 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: SOT: IP Geolocation APIs I'm confused - what kind of service are you looking for? The browser itself supports geolocation. Google Maps is its own API. What else are you looking for? A service where you take any IP address as input and it passes out location (and possibly other) information. For example, if we have a table of comments and we collect the IP addresses where those comments were posted from and later want to put them all up on a map. -Justin ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:354307 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: SOT: IP Geolocation APIs
What about using geolocation on the client itself? Roughly 82% of your audience will support it. On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Justin Scott leviat...@darktech.orgwrote: I'm confused - what kind of service are you looking for? The browser itself supports geolocation. Google Maps is its own API. What else are you looking for? A service where you take any IP address as input and it passes out location (and possibly other) information. For example, if we have a table of comments and we collect the IP addresses where those comments were posted from and later want to put them all up on a map. -Justin ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:354308 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: SOT: IP Geolocation APIs
If you're doing it later rather than real time you can probably get that information from Google Analytics. That isn't applicable to the situation we're working with. If anyone has experience with a IP-to-location services that I can pass an IP into and get location information back, I'd appreciate any feedback on experiences with those services. There are a number of them out there and I'm looking for specific recommendations on which ones are good, bad, etc. before I go out and try all of them. Hopefully that will clarify my request a bit. Thanks! -Justin ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:354309 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: SOT: IP Geolocation APIs
What about using geolocation on the client itself? Roughly 82% of your audience will support it. The situation I'm working with is dealing with historical data. -Justin ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:354310 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: SOT: IP Geolocation APIs
Hi Justin, If you have a budget available I would recommend http://www.maxmind.com/en/geolocation_landing. We use the downloadable database. Best Regards, Donnie Bachan Nitendo Vinces - By Striving You Shall Conquer == The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Justin Scott leviat...@darktech.org wrote: What about using geolocation on the client itself? Roughly 82% of your audience will support it. The situation I'm working with is dealing with historical data. -Justin ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:354311 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: SOT: IP Geolocation APIs
If you have a budget available I would recommend http://www.maxmind.com/en/geolocation_landing. We use the downloadable database. Thanks Donnie, that is exactly the kind of service I am looking for. -Justin ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:354317 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: SOT: IP Geolocation APIs
Because Ray, this doesn't give you the data. For example country, city and everything else that these services offer. @OP the best service is not the cheapest but it is also the most accurate data. ip2location.com -- Regards, Andrew Scott WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 3:59 AM, Raymond Camden raymondcam...@gmail.comwrote: What about using geolocation on the client itself? Roughly 82% of your audience will support it. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:354338 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: SOT: IP Geolocation APIs
Yeah, I got that Andrew many hours ago when he said it was historical data, not active data. ;) I'd argue that Google's Geocode API ( https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/) would provide it for a user along with geolocation if you wanted it for the current user. On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Andrew Scott andr...@andyscott.id.auwrote: Because Ray, this doesn't give you the data. For example country, city and everything else that these services offer. @OP the best service is not the cheapest but it is also the most accurate data. ip2location.com -- Regards, Andrew Scott WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 3:59 AM, Raymond Camden raymondcam...@gmail.com wrote: What about using geolocation on the client itself? Roughly 82% of your audience will support it. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:354339 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: SOT: IP Geolocation APIs
Yes and at 2500 per day that is quite generous too. -- Regards, Andrew Scott WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Raymond Camden raymondcam...@gmail.comwrote: Yeah, I got that Andrew many hours ago when he said it was historical data, not active data. ;) I'd argue that Google's Geocode API ( https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/) would provide it for a user along with geolocation if you wanted it for the current user. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:354340 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: SOT: IP Geolocation APIs
I'd argue that Google's Geocode API (...) would provide it for a user along with geolocation if you wanted it for the current user. Indeed, we are actually using the Google Geocoder for getting lat/long info for street addresses so that they can be mixed in where available as well. -Justin ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:354341 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
