Playing around with GD, PHP and Latitude/LongitudeA friend of mine asked whether or not I could create a service like MapLoco. They log the IP addresses of your visitors and create a nifty little map showing where they come from.
I told him that as long as I could get the latitude and longitude for a given IP address, I could very likely do it. Half an hour later, I had created this:
That image should show your approximate location on a map of the world, as long as your IP address is in the database. The IP info was obtained from HostIP.info, so if it's wrong, blame them. :)
The rest is cake, as they say. Just a matter of aggregating the requesting IPs and tying them to unique IDs.
If I decide to actually build the thing and allow "outsiders" to use it, I'll follow this up with a link to the site.
Posted by Steve - 2008-04-11 09:44:22.
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Less than a day and a half from when my friend asked me about it, I have the tool running in beta and a website up for it. Check it out at VisitorMap.org.
(#45) Posted by Steve - Reply - 2008-04-12 11:44:39.
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