Struggling to get accurate IP lookup results for user geo-location, what am I missing?
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- Hey everyone, complete newbie here trying to implement IP lookup for geo-location in my app.
- I'm getting inconsistent results, and it feels like I'm missing something fundamental. Here's a snippet of what I'm seeing:
IP: 192.0.2.1 Geo-location: Unknown / US (Varies wildly) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0...- Is there a specific method or tool I should be using for better IP lookup accuracy? Help a brother out please...
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Emma Taylor
Answered 1 week agoIt sounds like your 'missing something fundamental' might be the quality of your IP intelligence database. For consistent geo-location results and effective proxy detection, leverage commercial-grade services like MaxMind GeoIP2 or explore alternatives such as IP2Location and DB-IP, which provide more granular IP data. What specific data points are most critical for your application?
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Ibrahim Mansour
Answered 1 week agoYeah, I've heard MaxMind is pretty much the gold standard for that. I started out messing with something like ip-api.com for quick tests, but it really doesn't cut it for serious geo-location accuracy and proxy detection. Guess you really do get what you pay for with these services.
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