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Answer 1

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You could use the google API: http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/documentation/#ClientLocation

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Example:

<script type="text/javascript"
    src="http://www.google.com/jsapi?key=ABCDEFG"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
<script type="text/javascript">
google.load("maps", "2.x", {callback: initialize});

function initialize() {
  if (google.loader.ClientLocation) {
      var lat = google.loader.ClientLocation.latitude;
      var long = google.loader.ClientLocation.longitude;
      alert ("lat: " + lat + "\nlong: " + long);
   }
   else { alert ("not available"); }
 }

Josiah 2010-07-12 21:49:24

Can I use that without loading the entire Google Map framework? Reading the docs, it's unclear to me what module google.loader.ClientLocation exists within

Tim 2010-07-12 21:53:53

It doesn't exist within any of the API modules, it's a part of the API loader framework. It's a sister command to google.load .

Josiah 2010-07-12 22:04:24

So how can I load JUST ClientLocation without any other modules?

Tim 2010-07-12 22:06:51

I've added example code. But it looks like you actually have to load a module to populate ClientLocation. You could load the search API instead which is relatively small and probably already exists within a user's cache.To load the search api change "maps" to "search" and "2.x" to "1"

Josiah 2010-07-12 22:36:56

Answer 2

+1 A:

Here's a couple with simple calls...

Example calls :-

Example of returned XML (ipinfodb) :-

<Response> 
  <Ip>122.169.8.137</Ip> 
  <Status>OK</Status> 
  <CountryCode>IN</CountryCode> 
  <CountryName>India</CountryName> 
  <RegionCode>10</RegionCode> 
  <RegionName>Haryana</RegionName> 
  <City>Kaul</City> 
  <ZipPostalCode></ZipPostalCode> 
  <Latitude>29.85</Latitude> 
  <Longitude>76.6667</Longitude> 
  <Timezone>0</Timezone> 
  <Gmtoffset>0</Gmtoffset> 
  <Dstoffset>0</Dstoffset> 
</Response>

Andy Robinson 2010-07-12 21:55:08

Answer 3

A:

Hi, if you are looking for real time tracking then you can try XML web service. Try this (http://www.fraudlabs.com/ip2location.aspx) and get their free license key for your lookups. They provide 90 free queries every month. :)

SuperRomia 2010-07-14 10:34:57

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