I just tried the demo and it put me about 2,500 miles away in Texas. Good luck!
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 7:31 AM, Ilya <u53...@gmail.com> wrote: > Alan, try out our geolocation solution: Geobaza. We recently updated our > Python API and make Django app. > > High accuracy level for US & exUSSR. > > Install from PyPi: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/geobaza > Docs here: http://geobaza.ru/docs/python/v1/ > Demo: http://geobaza.ru/try/ > > Feel free to send me your feedback ;) > > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 10:38, Alan <alan.ill...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Does anyone have experience with the accuracy of GeoIP? I'm getting >> locations that are wildly off... >> >> When I plug in the IP from http://whatismyipaddress.com/ I get >> somewhere in the middle of Kansas when I'm in Chicago. >> >> On the other hand using a Google IP address (mentioned in the example >> below) correctly gives the lat/long of Mountain View >> >> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/gis/geoip/ >> >> I'm referencing data donwloaded from MaxMind: >> http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/ >> As instructed by the link above. >> >> I didn't run into any installation problems, so I assume there's a >> data discrepancy somewhere; does anyone know of any known issues? >> >> Thanks >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
