GeoTraceRoute Script

Cormac · #1 (**permalink**) 28-02-2007, 11:10 AM

Does anybody know of any ready made script/tutorial for creating a geo map which can pinpoint a user's location?

GoogleMaps and the Maxmind GeoLite City - MaxMind - GeoLite City | Free IP Address to City Database - Are my preferred tools of choice....

I'm looking for something similar to this - GeoTool -

niall · #2 (**permalink**) 28-02-2007, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rollo

I'm looking for something similar to this - GeoTool -

You can do it exactly the same as Geotool does it. GeoCity's location field gives you the GPS coordinates of the IP. You can then pass these coordinates into the Google API and get the little mark on the map.

Haven't used the Geoip API in a while. What language are you going to be doing the page in?

Niall.

Cormac · #3 (**permalink**) 28-02-2007, 04:56 PM

Hi Nial, thanks for the reply.
I will be coding in PHP but I'm not one bit familar with APIs unfortuntely.

niall · #4 (**permalink**) 28-02-2007, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rollo

I will be coding in PHP but I'm not one bit familar with APIs unfortuntely.

I was familiar with the API for both, but haven't used them in a while. Will have a look this evening for some of my old stuff if you like.

Niall.

Cormac · #5 (**permalink**) 28-02-2007, 06:38 PM

that would be very helpful, thanks

niall · #6 (**permalink**) 28-02-2007, 11:08 PM

The following code should do what you want:

PHP Code:

  # Include the geoip api files
include("geoipcity.inc");
include("geoipregionvars.php");
$gi=geoip_open("/path/to/GeoIPCity.dat",GEOIP_MEMORY_CACHE);
# Get the details for the remote address
$record = geoip_record_by_addr($gi,$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);

The following variables should be available: country_code, region, city, postcode, latitude, longitude, dma_code and area_code. So for example, to print the city, you can do:

PHP Code:

  print $record->city;

You can look at the Google docs to get all the details for getting a map on your page. The part you'll be most interested in is adding the point to the map. First you'll have the center the map on the point you're interested in, so you can do:

PHP Code:

map.setCenter(new GLatLng(<?=$record->longitude;>, <?=$record->latitude;?>), 5);

The you will have to add the marker:

PHP Code:

var point = newGLatLng(<?=$record->longitude;>,<?=$record->latitude;?>), 5); var marker = createMarker(point,"<?=$record->city;?>"); map.addOverlay(marker);

Hope this helps.

Niall.

Cormac · #7 (**permalink**) 01-03-2007, 12:12 AM

cheers nial,

I will have a pop at that tomorrow evening

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