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Geolocation by IP Address
Determining geographic locations based on Internet IP offers localization services and brings together user communities without the need for GPS receivers or complicated configuration switching.
Now that we've explained some of the techniques that can be used in geolocating Internet users by their IP addresses, we offer you a chance to try it out. Point your Web browser of choice here, and see how accurate or inaccurate the current results are. Please leave comments below about the accuracy of your results as well as any ideas you may have.
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Is it possible?Suppose,How
Is it possible?Suppose,How can i know from where any E-mail has came?Is there any web-site to find out from where the mail has came?
Free Email Header Tracer at ip2location.com
Try this, is a free service. :)
Just paste the email header and this site helps to check where is the email origin.
http://www.ip2location.com/emailtracer.aspx
the best ip location
my best ip checker proxy checker
San Francisco
How could I tell when someone from San Francisco hits my site at:
Mister Archer: Undiscovered San Francisco Revealed?
Thank you!
need help with incorrect info on google
Hi,
nice Article and i got more info for this article and everybody visit my site and comments for my Article.www.adnpost.com
when i first created the site i had no clue what was going on and tagged some SEO garbage in the discription as well as saved my site as rossgoodmanphotography.com with out the www. about a month ago i changed the discription in hopes that google would re-crawl and fix the information. i read i should submit a site map so i did but had to submit a new site with the WWW. in front. well google has re-crawled the site but nothing has changed when i perform the search for ross goodman photography. i am soo confused as to what to do about it, any help would be great thank you
usercenter
http://www.mshd.net/usercenter/
API für php in xml
Schau mal hier
http://s.site90.com/ip.php
für das API
Erklärung: http://s.site90.com/homepage-xml.php
XML-Datei: http://s.site90.com/hp/xml.php?type=ip&ip=95.33.207.124
:) lg martin
Good site
I have to say... this is the first site that gives the right location of my IP address. All others are wrong (next big city around me).
IP Address Geolocation
I found a new site to check out IP Address details through
www.ipaddressgeolocation.com
check Ip of Gmx/ Scammer?
Hi,
I want to locate the adress of someone,maybe a scammer. IP is located in germany as the host is gmx.de.Is it possible to see in the mail,if it comes from germany or russia.
rom anfisa.s@gmx.de Tue Nov 10 15:44:35 2009
X-Apparently-To: pinasystems24@yahoo.de via 87.248.110.125; Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:47:37 -0800
Return-Path:
X-YMailISG: x6XWZjcWLDtCbLMBoXtrt12aX1AVF89s.hd5pD0eA1ee9_3ovuor.vjAAwdYa1_OkSnCgdWhMUAZXCflX7R_RpTyUu3ZrX_hEQO7mHDdBOtgs5zw5FGO3ERcBBZxmeFwlZz_M4TZiM0RmXg2zGsL6BMTUZC7FjGSDfRlTAUmMt8PAp.aIAH3iNYIcd86JlBXvDT_C0ptYCV9_Rp.pksDt7Va738S_IqfD8WTPwPvOeAx8zQcbU5hofyAVF1U6pMT5NLTfJgGwfdh4jLcLbXT6T.CKUHxqGjjOcueBL2jMkG7O9c5qEieEiTIQPXLzF64LMMAEnSQh_NFm8i2hujUyzILkUeIGlfikFJIBNtNph_R77mLmKjbtdjIZc6aRobLJalZhVFp6U_r8Xe3MCaXbdlyOl7VEbztWNoIfsmcF98-
X-Originating-IP: [213.165.64.20]
Authentication-Results: mta132.mail.sp2.yahoo.com from=gmx.de; domainkeys=neutral (no sig); from=gmx.de; dkim=neutral (no sig)
Received: from 127.0.0.1 (HELO mail.gmx.net) (213.165.64.20)
by mta132.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with SMTP; Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:47:37 -0800
Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 10 Nov 2009 17:47:28 -0000
Received: from HSI-KBW-095-208-174-017.hsi5.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de (EHLO comp) [95.208.174.17]
by mail.gmx.net (mp013) with SMTP; 10 Nov 2009 18:47:28 +0100
X-Authenticated: #58738999
X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1++0sxFz5y+oquEYzLgvtyXQ32Bkx8AK8Qthdlybt
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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:44:35 +0300
From: anfisa.s@gmx.de
X-Mailer: The Bat! (v3.99.3) Professional
X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
Message-ID: <661978319.20091110184435@gmx.de>
To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sebastian_B=F6=DF?=
Subject: Guten Tag
In-Reply-To: <860504.55087.qm@web28310.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
References: <446603.25418.qm@web28305.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <1403195454.20091105184430@gmx.de> <274517.18777.qm@web28303.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <92284562.20091106172448@gmx.de> <858029.45638.qm@web28306.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <1853119150.20091107184127@gmx.de> <629756.68244.qm@web28316.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <18010060205.20091109172601@gmx.de> <860504.55087.qm@web28310.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
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HELP!
Look it's all a very good idea and all but i must be missing somthing.
What do i do when im sitting in england and my IP says that i am in austrailia! I need to change the setting becasue all UK websites that i want to access are not letting me. Please could someone help me, and just tell me simply how to change my location so i can visit uk sites again
Cheers
I found a new site
I found a new site to check out IP Address details through
http://www.ipaddressgeolocation.com
hello I found a new site to
hello
I found a new site to check out IP Address details through www.IpAddressGeolocation.com
hai, You gave a benefits of
hai,
You gave a benefits of geolocation using the ip address.It is nice.
But i collected the details of ip address and location from this ip-details.It also used to finding domain host,broadband speed,and latitude and longitude of the location.It is really helpful for me.
services
There are a so many services that has such function.
Is it possible?
Sir/Madam,
My name is Sandeep.I am staying in Mumbai(India-Maharashtra).I want some help from you.
Is it possible?Suppose,How can i know from where any E-mail has came?Is there any web-site to find out from where the mail has came?
Thanks!
Sandy.
reply email tracing
sandeep, all the tracing information for how the email was routed is in the emails meta data...all of it.
so even if the sender changes the name and service name manually or via bot...you can view and backtrack to the sender via the ip trail. Do a quick internet search for how to do this if you do not know how...a geoip type application/service can let you follow how the email got to you in reverse.
I recommend you do the lookups in reverse rather than just look at the last ip address as it may be a onion router relay or some such. If you hit an onion router or anonymizer well you will need to do some more deeper sleuthing.
Don't know why my previous
Don't know why my previous post was deleted, but it's worth pointing out that this article is old and netgeo.caida.org is no longer maintained.
For easy geolocation without any software requirements, geoPlugin offers a free webservice.
The geolocation examples page gives ideas on how to use the service, with detailed highlighted code.
IP Address Lookup
The best I know, is IP Address Lookup ! I am using it since I discovered it. It is very accurate.
needs more testing
"Could not open postal code file"
Free country geolocation
Free country geolocation service
IP to city level geo info with Google map
IpGeoInfo.com provides very easy to use city level geolocation service. It also shows the location on the google map. You cal also create links of the type http://ipgeoinfo.com/?ip=YOUR_IP in any web page etc easy access to the service.
bloody annoying , language by geolocation
I hate it. My browser can send my language preferences. And the websites ignore them simply because i am in some other country. I am an english speaker, and I want my web pages (yes you google and myspace) in ENGLISH!!!
If I wanted them in german, i'd set my system preferences or browser language preferences to german. Having regions in what is and should be an international internet is completely wrong.
And i would complain about the same thing if i was japanese traveling in England or America and getting english websites back. Or a spanish person traveling in norway. Hell, why the hell would I, as a spanish speaker, want to get my web pages viewed in Norwegian, just because I am traveling in that country.
IP Address Allocation Trend 2008
I found the following report interesting about the trends of IP address allocation in 2007-2008. Some countries are growing at very fast rate.
http://www.ip2location.com/ip2location-internet-ip-address-2008-report.aspx
ip location free service
Good way to determine the ip location of a user with this ip-location free service.
D.A.
There are a so many services
There are a so many services that has such function. But I created my own to get the easiest way to determine geo location.
Beta?
Alex,
Your IP tool doesn't work. I'm nowhere NEAR where it says I am.
There are a so many services
There are a so many services that has such function. But I created my own to get the easiest way to determine geo location.
Could not open country code file
When i go to view the example i get the following error 'Could not open country code file'
Free geolocation 'widget'
Check out http://freeipservices.com. It runs on Amazon's ec2 infrastructure and you can use it as a javascript widget on your web page to track each and every customer who comes to your site. It gives latitude, longitude, city, state/province and country information.
Potentials of Geolocation Technique
How effect is this technique? Isn’t it that one can manually change his or her IP? I’ve known that some webmasters especially the ones involved in marketing and advertising keep a record of free IPs in their file and manually changes their computer IP into another one. This new IP is registered as coming from someone located in Germany when actually the webmaster is from India. How can geolocation solve this?
RSS feeds?
I'm seeing something, that I think, is pretty interesting with the idea of geolocations. Perhaps you can have some sort of “RSS feed
it's not always language
For those jumping up and down about geolocation causing content to be delivered in other than their preferred language, yes, that is an improper use of the data since your browser sends an explicit preference. However, that aside, the data has uses. For example, some service providers try to point the user to the closest server in an attempt to provide faster service. That has nothing to do with privacy or language.
could not open postal code
could not open postal code file
need help on IP
what am i to do ?
someone is trying to find out my IP number. is this possible?
what can he do when he gets my Ip number?
yes it is possible.for
yes it is possible.
for instance, if you are chatting with me then by running tracert command in command prompt in windows operating system, i could the list of ip address of the machine to which i'm connected now. then by simply closing all the other applications except the chatting application, i could find out your ip address
need help on IP
what am i to do ?
someone is trying to find out my IP number. is this possible?
what can he do when he gets my Ip number?
free geolocation
IPligence has a free geolocation database called IPligence community edition, it allows to find the ip location of ip addresses and its free to use for non commercial activities or develpment, it can be downloaded from this link:
http://www.ipligence.com/en/products/community.php
correct link
this one seems to work http://www.ipligence.com/community
I prefer the IP Locate
I prefer the IP Locate service. Uses that ajax so its much smoothing. Happy new year all!
Find out your ip address and map it on google map
hi all,
use this link to find out your geographical location based on ip address
www.geo-location.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi
Another IP to location
Another website that locates an ip address on a google map. It seems you can also enter a domain/website and find out where it is hosted .... interesting.
www.geo-ip.info
geolocation
"Point your Web browser of choice here, and see how accurate or inaccurate the current results are."
The result is the following:
Could not open postal code file
I'm seeing article, that I
I'm seeing article, that I think, is charming interesting with the idea of geolocations. Perhaps you can have approximately sort of “RSS fuel up
Hostip.info ..... it gets
Hostip.info ..... it gets the country right.... but every time i refresh i get a new city name
strange! i'd rather you got it wrong once rather than guessing it wrong constantly
Geolocation by IP address is
Geolocation by IP address is a terrible practice. I, for example, am a US Citizen traveling in Japan. I do NOT speak or read Japanese. However, many web sites (google, skype, rhapsody, to name a few, as well as banner ads) redirect me to their Japanese web sites. Not only does this not do me any good at all, but I can't find my way back to an English written web site and when I do, it just redirects me back to the Japanese one as soon as I click a link! It's terribly frustrating, and in today's world of business, with global travelers and military deployed world-wide, the very idea of using one's IP address to determine language is laughable. Really, people, if you are going to link language to anything, you should be taking advantage of the protocol set forth specifically for doing so: the system user preference for language. I realize that while within one's own geographical confines, this IP binding practice may be beneficial, it is detrimental to the point of driving the end user insane outside of his or her native geographical region. Let's stop letting technology control us, and take back the reigns, because after all, technology is supposed to serve us, not the other way around.
It's a great Idea
I travel a lot around Asia and nothing annoys me more than a foreigner who complains about things not being in English. If you don't intend to learn the language and culture then go home. As far as identifying IPs for specific countries, its a great idea, and if you want the world to change orbit for your arrogant ways well you won't find much sympathy on your travels so your post is pointless. A web page is going to guess what and how many langauges you can speak? How about you live up to being a global citizen and learn another language at least.
Read RFC 2616
Before criticizing someone for asking that languages preferences, where possible, be respected, you need to read RFC 2616, the HTTP specification. It includes a request header named Accept-Language, which lists the languages a user can understand or is otherwise willing to accept, including ordering the languages by the user's preference.
It is not acceptable for sites such as Google or Yahoo (listed as well-known examples, not a criticism of what they actually do) to ignore the Accept-Language header and base the language used in a response on a guess of the user's geographic location. The reason it is not acceptable is that such behavior violates the protocol specification.
If you are an American in Japan and using Yahoo mail, you
would not want the buttons and other controls to be labeled
in Japanese if you did not know Japanese.
How about getting off your
How about getting off your arrogant pedestal and admitting that maybe it's better that the technology serves the user rather than the other way around? Not everyone that's even a citizen or resident of a given country wants to see the majority language in that country just because their IP address happens to be identified as being in that region. (Think Spanish-speakers or Chinese-speakers in the US--it doesn't mean they don't speak the language, just that they prefer their own, for whatever personal or cultural reasons.) There is a specific setting in the browser that tells the server which language the user prefers. This has a very high probability of being correct. The IP address has a very high chance of being incorrect in this regard. Why should the server ignore the explicit directive from the user's own browser and decide that they should see what it thinks their IP address belongs to?
It really isn't a terrible
It really isn't a terrible practice. If you truely are an international traveler you should get yourself a proxy and quit worrying about region specific websites. Don't blame the technology when you don't understand, or take the time to utilize effectively.