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GeoURL: We Know Where You Live, Work and Blog!

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the and-other-stuff-too dept.

hrbrmstr writes "GeoURL is a location-to-URL reverse directory. This will allow you to find URLs by their proximity to a given location. Find your neighbor's blog, perhaps, or the web page of the restaurants near you. Many potential 'location-based services' can spring from this if the database gets big enough. The site has an easy process for maintaining your entries. And can even generate RSS feeds for a given geographical area."

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  1. geourl mapping using php and mysql by chrisranjana.com · · Score: 4, Informative

    Is it the same as this http://www.networldmap.com/TryIt.htm of is it different ?

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    Chris ,
    Php Programmers.
    1. Re:geourl mapping using php and mysql by cioxx · · Score: 5, Informative

      What you have linked is IP lookup tool. Not even close.

      The article talks about a service which is comprised of user-submitted links where you might find bloggers near your community just by providing coordinates on the globe, and specify the threshold of the perimeter in miles.

  2. IP-based lookup by nwetters · · Score: 4, Informative

    The site is slashdotted, so I haven't been able to have a look at it. However, if I were building a geo-search engine, I'd use the WHOIS data for the bulk of the indexing work, and for providing a default location for visitors. The tweaking around the edges (changing the location of the website or page), is just icing on the cake.

    No one really knows the accuracy of IP->Country lookup. There's an onlgoing thread on the london perl mongers list about this topic. Some geolocation companies state 98% accuracy, which is pure bullshit. It's more likely to be around 70%, with most of the error occuring in overestimation of US addresses.

    By the way, if you want a fast IP locator, here's one that's just as accurate as any of the commercial products. I'm surprised more people don't use this sort of stuff for providing intelligent defaults for their users when filling in HTML forms.