Re: [gentoo-user] Geographical location of an URL/IP-address

J. Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org> [11-01-24 04:05]:
> On Sunday 23 January 2011 10:22:52 meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:
> > J. Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org> [11-01-23 10:16]:
> > > On Sunday 23 January 2011 06:08:12 meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > is there any tool/mechanism to locate a given URL or IP-address on the
> > > > globe automatically?
> > > > I mean: I feed the tool with an IP-address or an URL and it will
> > > > respond: France, Paris
> > > >
> > > > I dont mean a tool, whose output I have interpret.
> > > >
> > > > I want this for batch processing...
> > > >
> > > > Thank you very much in advance for any tool ;)
> > > > Bet regards,
> > > > mcc
> > >
> > > Not sure if it exists yet, but you might want to start with the packages
> > > with "geoip" in the name:
> > > # eix geoip
> > > [I] dev-libs/geoip
> > >
> > >      Available versions:  1.4.5 1.4.6{tbz2} {perl-geoipupdate}
> > >      Installed versions:  1.4.6{tbz2}(08:20:04
> > >      12/06/10)(-perl-geoipupdate) Homepage:
> > >      http://www.maxmind.com/geoip/api/c.shtml Description:
> > >      easily lookup countries by IP addresses, even when
> > >
> > > Reverse DNS entries don't exist
> > >
> > > * dev-php5/pecl-geoip
> > >
> > >      Available versions:  ~1.0.7 ~1.0.7-r1 {php_targets_php5-2
> > >
> > > php_targets_php5-3}
> > >
> > >      Homepage:            http://pecl.php.net/geoip
> > >      Description:         PHP extension to map IP address to geographic
> > >      places
> > >
> > > * dev-python/geoip-python
> > >
> > >      Available versions:  1.2.4
> > >      Homepage:            http://www.maxmind.com/app/python
> > >      Description:         Python bindings for GeoIP
> > >
> > > * dev-ruby/net-geoip
> > >
> > >      Available versions:  0.07 {ruby_targets_ruby18}
> > >      Homepage:            http://www.maxmind.com/app/ruby
> > >      Description:         Ruby bindings for the GeoIP library
> > >
> > > Found 4 matches.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Joost
> >
> > Hi Joost,
> >
> >  LIFESAVER!
> >
> >   :)
> >
> >  100% what I need! Great! And your email account is in the
> >  Netherlands by the way ;) ;)
>
> It isn't actually :)
>
> But my server and ISP is, so that's probably what you found :)
>
> >  Thanks a lot! Have a nice weekend!
>
> Hope you had a good weekend so far :)
>
> >  Best regards,
> >  mcc
>
> --
> Joost
>
> PS. from the domain, I'm guessing you're in Germany?
>

Hi Josst,

yes, my ISPs server is in Germany? :)

Best regards,
mcc