[LINK] RFI: Accuracy of Geo-Location Based on IP-Address

[Scott Howard]

On 11/28/07, Roger Clarke <Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au> wrote:
>
> But Service 3 is chilling:  http://www.ip2location.com/
> delivering -35.283 LATITUDE, 149.217 LONGITUDE



This gives me _exactly_ the same results.
IP Address      :       124.171.43.124
Location     :     AUSTRALIA,
Latitude / Longitude     :     -35.283 LATITUDE, 149.217 LONGITUDE
Connecting through     :     IINET LIMITED

So either I'm hiding in your basement, or it's returning this
latitude/longitude for a large number of users.  (Given I'm in Sydney I'm
guessing it's the latter).


And Service 4 is similar:  http://www.geobytes.com/IpLocator.htm
> delivering -35.2830 and 149.2170


This one tells me that I'm in Perth at  -31.9330, 115.8330.  (I use iinet,
which is based in Perth).

  Scott.