Re: CVS commit: wip/GeoIP
Mike Bowie <[email protected]>
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On 8/24/09 5:02 PM, OBATA Akio wrote: > What do you intend to do over net/GeoIP? > > On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:38:42 +0900, Mike Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Module name: wip >> Committed by: mbowie >> Date: Mon Aug 24 20:38:27 UTC 2009 >> >> Import into wip/GeoIP >> >> Log Message: >> Import GeoIP-1.4.6 as wip/GeoIP. >> >> GeoIP is a C library that enables the user to find the country that any >> IP address or hostname originates from. It uses a file based database >> that is accurate as of March 2002. This database simply contains IP blocks >> as keys, and countries as values. This database should be more complete and >> accurate than using reverse DNS lookups. We use it for a number of systems to offer (loose) location related details based on a given IP. The company which provides the data has more specifics on what's available. (http://www.maxmind.com.) They have a number of different packages available... including free; albeit slightly dated. HTH, Mike. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july