Posted by dbee on 10/17/80 11:40

Erwin Moller wrote:
> dbee wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know any tools/plugins for the free geoip service that
> > would enable me to show country flags instead of just text ?
> >
> > Or even better - that would enable me to output the values on a map ?
> >
> > Can't find anything myself at the moment. I did manage to find a list
> > of flags though, so if there is nothing pre-rolled out there I can hack
> > away on it myself. Geoip has been around for so long that I can't
> > imagine that no-one has already built add-ons ...
>
> Hi,
>
> Did you check this?
> http://www.maxmind.com/app/geoip_country
>
> It is an opensource solution. They claim it is less accurate then their
> other solution (for which you may pay).
>
> They say they have api's for:
> * C Library
> * Perl Module
> * PHP Module
> * Apache Module (mod_geoip)
> * Java Class
> * Python Class
> * C# Class
> * Ruby Module
> * MS COM Object (includes sample ASP, ColdFusion, Pascal, PHP, Perl,
> Python, and Visual Basic code)
> * VB.NET
> * Pascal
>
> Take your pick. :P
>
> Regards,
> Erwin Moller

Hi Erwin,

Thanks. That was the bit I have installed already actually. It works
well and gives me a text descriptor of the IP's likely address.

But what I was wondering was whether anyone had built an add-on, that
would output points on a map or country flags instead of just text ?

Cheers,

dbee

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