Geotool
I’ve often been interested in using Geotargetting for various different things, from offering different flavours of content to showing perhaps more relevant adverts. Now seeing that Max mind offer a free version of their IP database available in a convenient cvs download, I thought I’d give it a try.
There’s a series of posts about it, so I’ll index them here:
- Part 1 - Installation
Outlining where to get the files and how to upload them. - Part 2 - Testing the data
Simple test script that should show you all you need to do really, anything else is possible from here… - Part 3 - Getting the longitude and latitudes
Getting a installing into your database a list of coordinates from the places in the geoip data. - Part 4 - Testing the longitude and latitudes
A simple test that spits out the logitude and latidue of your country