has anyone extended the IP-To-Country module to provide a state, and maybe a city, from the visitor’s ip address?
would like to tailor site content to the visitor’s state.
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October 21, 2008 2:02am
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has anyone extended the IP-To-Country module to provide a state, and maybe a city, from the visitor’s ip address?
would like to tailor site content to the visitor’s state.
#2 / Oct 21, 2008 2:21am
The accuracy there is going to be an issue as large ISPs route traffic through a concentrator that may not be physically local to them at all. When I was on Comcast internet that was certainly the case, but now that I’m on Wildblue satellite internet, my IP isn’t anywhere near my actual location. Best bet would be to let the user provide their location to you if you want accurate local content.