Posted by Erwin Moller on 10/24/23 11:40

dbee wrote:

>
> 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 ?

Ah, yes, you wrote that indeed. :P
Me sloppy. Sorry.

Well, I do not know.
I think renaming all your flags to the textoutput is not that much work.
so if output is netherlands, you point to netherlands.gif.

But you probably thought of that solution too. :-)

I would just rename all flags. Probably faster done than searching for
software that performs the action.

Steal here. ;-)
http://www.photius.com/flags/alphabetic_list.html

Regards,
Erwin Moller
>
> Cheers,
>
> dbee

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