GeoMapLookup: Find That IP or Domain on a Map
I’ve finally created my own geolocation application I wanted to have for a long time. It is a web application to show the geographical location of your current IP address on a map. An elegant solution is possible using and MaxMind’s free GeoLite City database.
You can either visit GeoMapLookup to do a lookup for your current IP address or enter a different IP or domain name on that page. Using the following URL you can also pass the host via IP or domain name directly to the page: http://geomaplookup.net/?ip=
Please contact me before using this URL in your applications or on your website. My WordPress plugin Commenter Spy now uses this URL for lookups.
Features
- different methods for doing a lookup
- large map (720 by 540 pixels)
- clean layout
- Google Maps popup showing city, country, latitude, longitude, hostname and IP address
- great Web 2.0-ish logo ;-)
February 13th, 2007 at 19:50
Other goof tool to show the map with the exact location for IP addresses is http://www.ipgp.net
February 13th, 2007 at 22:45
Well, your tool showed no city for your IP address at all. Mine showed the city your tool reported in your ISP’s name. Also your tool couldn’t tell me a city for my IP. Might consider changing the database?
September 28th, 2008 at 05:28
Cool, thanks! 2 comments:-
1. It will be good if you can have a REST web service that returns the lat/long of a location based on IP address. Such a service will be very useful for web mashups like this Singapore property site (http://www.streetsine.com).
2. I tested an ip address from Singapore. Apparently, the MaxMind database is not accurate enough to pinpoint specific locations within Singapore city. Perhaps theres a more complete database. As far as I’ve tested, sites like plazes.com can give quite accurate geolocation, even for Singapore city. Would be great if the geolocation database you’ve is comparable in terms of accuracy. Then you might even be able to charge for the Geolocation web service. :)
October 20th, 2008 at 20:02
1) There is no need for providing a web service because the database is available at http://www.maxmind.com/app/geolitecity
2) IP addresses are often assigned dynamically. The IP may stay in one city/country but the provider can assign it to different people. Thus the inaccuracy. Also the database is a bit less accurate because it is free.
March 26th, 2009 at 18:20
Thanks for the tool in showing the geographical location of IP address. Overall, it is cool