IP2Location
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| Type | Internet |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Penang, Malaysia |
| Slogan | Bringing Geographics to the Internet |
| Website | IP2Location.com |
IP2Location is database-driven solution to identify visitor's geographical location ie. country, region, city, latitude, longitude, ZIP code, time zone, connection speed, ISP and domain name by using IP address[1]. The technology is also known as IP geolocation. The solution is platform indepedent and can be integrated by almost all database system such as mySQL, MS-SQL server or others. The solution also comes with API in several programming languages .NET[2], Java, C, C++, Visual Basic, PHP, ColdFusion[3], Perl, Ruby ad Python. IP2Location has been used by many other applications such as Wikiscanner[4].
[edit] Accuracy and Criticism
Critics note that geolocation software is inherently inaccurate and conflicts with the global nature of the Internet. A research done by University of Toronto reported that the accuracy of IP2Location is leading other commercial providers [5]. The research was conducted based on datasets of 463 universities in United States and 1,000 broadband hosts. The accuracy is as high as 90% results within 50 km of error distance.
[edit] References
- ^ IP2Location (HTML). Retrieved on 2007-12-28.
- ^ MSDN Mag (HTML). Retrieved on 2007-12-28.
- ^ ColdFusion (HTML). Retrieved on 2008-01-02.
- ^ Wired Magazine (HTML). Retrieved on 2007-12-28.
- ^ Ronda, Troy; Bila, Nilton. "Appono: A Geolocator for the Internet" (PDF). . University of Toronto. appono Retrieved on 2008-01-02.
