On Jan 21, 2008 2:38 AM, pallav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have some research tools that I make available for download. When a
> person downloads it, I record the IP address.
>
> I wanted to know if perl has some functions/utilities where I can
> supply these IP address to get an approximate location of the IP
> address. Most of the downloads are usually from researchers across
> different universities.
> I just want to know, if possible, the names of these universities/
> organization. Is it possible in perl to get this information through
> one of the existing modules?
>
> Thanks for any help.
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The term for that is geolocation.  Take a look at Geo::IP*.

* http://search.cpan.org/dist/Geo-IP/lib/Geo/IP.pm

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