DNS location information

[Jason Cormie]

their are LOC records ( p514, DNS and BIND, 4th edition)
davesauny at gmail.com wrote:
> Not sure im in the right area for this or not, but its an internet
> based question!
>
> WHat tim trying to do is build a very basic, small map of the internet
> (Servers not websites) approximately 1000 nodes at present.
>
> My problem is as follows..... how the hell do you extract physical
> location information from an IP address, i know its possible coz my
> statcounter on my website does it, not sure how tho!  is there
> location information in the DNS or nameservers which can be accessed?
> all i need is country and city/state.
>
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
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> www.despitethealarmclock.co.uk
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Jason Cormie

A Thaum is the basic unit of magical strength.  It has been universally
established as the amount of magic needed to create one small white pigeon
or three normal sized billiard balls.
		-- Terry Pratchett, "The Light Fantastic"


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