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May 20, 2008 3:01 PM

Mapping IP addresses... How would I make a map of IP addresses that I have in a list?

I don't need this for a website, rather I want to be able to sit down at my computer, input an IP list, and get a map.

posted by weaponsgradecarp to computers & internet (5 comments total)

This is ok for that.
posted by Burhanistan at 3:12 PM on May 20, 2008

hostip.info has a very functional API that you could use to automate this for many IP addresses. You can also get their IP geolocation database which you could use locally.
posted by j.edwards at 3:57 PM on May 20, 2008

Some of the non-free services give better (more accurate) results. I like MaxMind, but the demo is limited to 25 lookups per day.
posted by meta_eli at 4:54 PM on May 20, 2008

MaxMind also do free versions of their databases, e.g. GeoLite City:

["www.metafilter.com", "74.53.68.130", "US", "USA", "United States", "NA", "TX", "Dallas", "75207", 32.7825, -96.8207, 623, 214]

You should be able to do something with the latitude/longitude.
posted by Freaky at 5:34 PM on May 20, 2008

A new way has cropped up: This is a MySQL database of IP-to-geolocation mappings that you can download and use at home, updated monthly.
posted by j.edwards at 10:18 AM on March 24