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Gadgetster
Gadgetster

Reputation: 483

Database geolocation which one is better

I am looking into getting a geolocation database. I am trying to understand the difference between a paid and a free service besides how accurate the results are.

I want to display data on the page based on the user's location. Should I user server side or client side to check the location and display the data accordingly? I can imagine how to do it server side, but not client side.

If I want to get the user's ip, country, region, city, and show the cities within x km around that city, I would also need the Latitude and Longitude correct?

I was looking at

http://freegeoip.net/

and

http://www.ip2location.com/databases#comparison option: DB5

Upvotes: 0

Views: 490

Answers (2)

user3658423
user3658423

Reputation: 1944

freegeoip uses maxmind GeoLite2 database. You could as well download it yourself (~25mb) and lookup on your server which would be faster.

Upvotes: 0

Abhay Kumar Singh
Abhay Kumar Singh

Reputation: 11

I suggest maxmind database for Geo location, I have used maxmind database for my website the link of maxmind data base is-http://maxmind.com/geoip/legacy/geolite/

Upvotes: 1

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