Quote:
Originally Posted by borked
got the country correct but was off by around 500 km
Code:
curl -s http://geoplugin.net/php.gp/|awk -F '"' '{ print "http://maps.google.com/maps?q="$32 "," $36}'
gave me a pinpoint that was ~2km off |
The main geoip IP company, MaxMind, claims 80% accuracy outside the US, meaning they are wrong two times out of ten. That tells you something about relying on geoip for your site.
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