WikiMedia's Geo IP Lookup JSONP call

Re:WikiMedia's Geo IP Lookup JSONP call by VMG on Sunday July 10, 2011 @02:13PM (#2748239)

Which method are they using?

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Re:WikiMedia's Geo IP Lookup JSONP call by _delirium on Sunday July 10, 2011 @02:44PM (#2748322)

Unless it's changed recently (I haven't followed the discussion since last year) it's using the free version of the MaxMind IP->city database (http://www.maxmind.com/app/geolitecity).

I can't seem to find the relevant mailing list threads, but here's some evidence of ad-hoc accuracy testing last August: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MaxMindCityTesting

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Re:WikiMedia's Geo IP Lookup JSONP call by dangrossman on Sunday July 10, 2011 @02:39PM (#2748312)

GeoIP (IP-to-location database). http://status.wikimedia.org/8777/156490/GeoIP-lookup

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Re:WikiMedia's Geo IP Lookup JSONP call by roryokane on Sunday July 10, 2011 @02:35PM (#2748297)

Well, it can’t be the JavaScript location API, because there’s no JavaScript on that page, and anyway my browser would ask me if the page wanted to use my location. The only other method I know of that relies on information the site could get just by my visiting the page is looking the IP address up in a database of IP addresses and locations.

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Re:WikiMedia's Geo IP Lookup JSONP call by neilk on Sunday July 10, 2011 @04:05PM (#2748493)

I work there. It's MaxMind.

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Re:WikiMedia's Geo IP Lookup JSONP call by tantalor on Sunday July 10, 2011 @02:37PM (#2748303)

Gonna guess Geo IP lookup.

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