IP -> Location

May 25, 2009 by     No Comments    Posted under: Footprints + Diary

GeoLite City vs GeoIP City:

GeoLite City GeoIP City
Cost Free $370 initial, $90 per month updates
Coverage Worldwide Worldwide
Accuracy Over 99.5% on a country level and 79% on a city level for the US within a 25 mile radius. More details Over 99.8% on a country level and 83% on a city level for the US within a 25 mile radius. More details
Redistribution Free, subject to GPL/LGPL for APIs and database license. Commercial redistribution licenses are available Please contact us
Updates Updated monthly, at the beginning of each month Updated monthly. For binary format, weekly updates, automated updates available by using geoipupdate program included with C API

Very evil indeed.

  1. Download and install GeoIP C API from here.
  2. Download and install GeoIP Python API from here.
  3. Download latest GeoLite City Binary Format from here.
  4. Extract GeoLite City file to /usr/local/share/GeoIP/

Example uses of API can be found in test*.py that comes with Python API.

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