Re: question about ip addresses

Thanks for the reply. I realized it was outta place after I posted. Wrong group. -Jake "Becoming Digital" <info@becomingdigital.com> wrote in message news:008501c309b7$9fbaf200$f5fa5044@focus... > While this really has no place on the PHP-DB list, I'll respond any way. > > IP v4 (that which is currently deployed) has geographic considerations, all > of which heavily favour the US. The EU is pushing heavily for the > deployment of IP v6 for this very reason. A brief overview of IP structure > can be found at the link below, or with a simple visit to Google. > http://www.caida.org/outreach/resources/learn/ipv4space/ > > Edward Dudlik > Becoming Digital > www.becomingdigital.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jake Malone" <jake@therussianjudge.com> > To: <php-db@lists.php.net> > Sent: Wednesday, 23 April 2003 12:25 > Subject: [PHP-DB] question about ip addresses > > > i've seen sites that can tell you the geographical location of virtually any > given ip address. > > i was wondering, is there some formula for figuring this out? maybe > something that could be implemented with php? > > -jake > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > >