Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit4.readnews.com!panix!not-for-mail From: Grant Edwards Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Geo Location extracted from visitors ip address Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 22:24:08 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com X-Trace: reader2.panix.com 1373063048 23881 64.122.56.22 (5 Jul 2013 22:24:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 22:24:08 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:50023 On 2013-07-05, ?????????? Gr33k wrote: > Is there a way to extract out of some environmental variable the Geo > location of the user being the city the user visits out website from? No. > Perhaps by utilizing his originated ip address? There is a very poor correlation between IP address and geographical location. I know that users of the ISPs in hometown are consistently mis-identified as being from towns 1500km away. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! If elected, Zippy at pledges to each and every gmail.com American a 55-year-old houseboy ...