Hello, I've been using GeoIP for a few years ... but the trick is to use a different database than the default. Don't know where to get it, but it's called: GeoLiteCity.dat I'm sure it's readily available, but not with a default install (think).
-Charles Cosse On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Kurtis Mullins <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> 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 [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> 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 [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > -- AsymptopiaSoftware|Software@theLimit http://www.asymptopia.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
