Get user's geographical address

Question

Is there a way to track user's location seamlessly without needing the user to enter his/her address?

// ASP.NET

Thanks

Answer 1

You can use Geolocation feature of HTML 5. Detecting the location of the client based on their IP address does not exactly gives you the exact info. A user could be using a VPN for example.

There is sample on how you can use this feature on the below post :

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/NerdDinnerBeingUpdatedToMVC3WithRazorHTML5GeoLocationEFCodeFirstJQueryMobileYepNopeAndModernizrAndAFixedMobileDeviceCapabilitiesViewEngine.aspx

Answer 2

You can use a service like GeoIP to guess their location from their IP address. Obviously, this is easily spoofed, but it's good enough for a substantial proportion of visitors.