Re: Tracking IP Addresses

Well couldnt this be done with the majority of browsers, im not sure myself but i remember reading somewhere that you can "ask" the browser where the the user is ?. I think it has something to do with when the system is setup the country is recorded ? might be a windows only thing again im not sure. "Evan Nemerson" <evan@coeus-group.com> wrote in message news:200310031743.20678.evan@coeus-group.com... > Well you're going to need to play with ARIN, APNIC, and RIPE. First, figure > out which group the IP belongs to, then query their database. That will > provide a good hint as to the location, but it's far from perfect. You only > get the location of the people who own that block. So everyone w/ AOHell will > appear to be in $wherever_aohell_is_based > > It's a good starting point, though. Knowing my addr would allow you to find > out I live in San Diego... > > > On Friday 03 October 2003 01:19 pm, Stephen Craton wrote: > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I'm wanting to track IP addresses by pinpointing their geological location > > (country and whatever) but I have no idea how to go about doing this. I've > > been searching on the net and PHP websites all day but with no luck. Can > > anyone point me towards a tutorial site or explain to it for me? Thanks in > > advance! > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Stephen Craton > > > > http://www.melchior.us -- > > http://www.melchior.us/portfolio > > -- > Evan Nemerson > evan@coeus-group.com