Tuesday, June 14, 2011

IP Address Geocoding API for Google Maps

IP Address Geocoding is getting more and more popular with people who are building their own analytics tools or want to track their users. There are a lot of free geocoding web services available which can return the geocoded data in text, XML or JSON format, the most popular ones being http://freegeoip.net, http://ipinfodb.com, http://www.hostip.info, http://www.maxmind.com and many others. Geocoded data from these website can be easily accesses by using any server side scripts, but I wanted to build a JavaScript based solution which only works using asynchronous AJAX calls. For this API I used a free web service provided by http://freegeoip.net/ which returns data in XML(http://freegeoip.net/xml/) or JSON(http://freegeoip.net/json/) format and recently added JSONP callbacks so we can implement a pure JavaScript based API.

This API uses Google Map Api to display map and geotag the IP Address. You will have to sign up for Google Map API if you haven't already done for your domain.

For demo and more information on how to use this API, please visit my lab page at:
http://lab.abhinayrathore.com/ipmapper/

Please drop a comment below if you like this API or have any modifications or improvements.

40 comments:

  1. Hi, i try your demo Code in a php file but it give me only a black space..
    Can you give me any suggestion or help??
    thanks, Luca

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  2. Luca, try this demo page: http://lab.abhinayrathore.com/ipmapper/demo.php
    This works perfectly on my side. If this doesn't work, try some other browser.

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  3. this is 2 days that your code not working. even on your demo website. Please check it.

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    1. Great effort.I like to say big thanks .It solved my doubt.Thanks for creating a wonderful site. Beaded & Coin Ear Ring , 1920s head pieces , kids jewelry box , winter scarf

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  4. Where to put the google API key?

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  5. Great effort.I like to say big thanks .It solved my doubt.Thanks for creating a wonderful site.

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  6. hello

    How do I change the default zoom. shows a very close location

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  7. Anonymous, you can change the zoom on line #18.

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    1. where line # 18 or which file

      thanks

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    2. ok found ipmapper.js. but not active changes

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    3. hey pls help me change line #18 but not active changes

      a={zoom:15,center:c,mapTypeId:IPMapper.mapTypeId}

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    4. not working a={zoom:15,center:c,mapTypeId:IPMapper.mapTypeId}

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    5. Sorry, my bad... in this file http://lab.abhinayrathore.com/ipmapper/ipmapper.htm after line # 76 in placeIPMarker function, add this line: IPMapper.map.setZoom(15);

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    6. thanks now working.. map is more readable.

      also it slows down during peak hours .. cdn is better to use. example cloudflare

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    7. Hello,

      I couldn't work it.
      I changed as following:

      placeIPMarker: function(marker, latlng, contentString){ //place Marker on Map
      marker.setPosition(latlng);
      google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', function() {
      IPMapper.getIPInfoWindowEvent(marker, contentString);
      });
      IPMapper.latlngbound.extend(latlng);
      IPMapper.map.setCenter(IPMapper.latlngbound.getCenter());
      IPMapper.map.fitBounds(IPMapper.latlngbound);
      IPMapper.map.setZoom(15);
      },

      Thanks.

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  8. You don't need a JSONP wrapper, they support it: http://freegeoip.net/json/209.85.145.147?callback=show

    Even better, you can just do a XMLHttpRequest because they send "Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *"

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    1. Thanks for the info :) They didn't support JSONP when I initially built this API. I've updated the API code to get rid of the wrapper :)

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  9. I want to change the marker but not able pls help me out. Thanks

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    1. Ali, inside the placeIPMarker method, set the marker icon in first line with marker.setIcon(...);
      For more help check the API reference: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/reference#Marker

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  10. I am trying to map 4,000 ip addresses and it just doesn't seem to be including all 4,000 in the map display. Is there a max number to display set in the array? I'm not a programmer but was able to get this to work thanks to your instruction. I also scrolled through the 4,000 ip's to see if there was a formatting issue in the bunch but didn't see on. Any thoughts?

    thanks,

    Jeff

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  11. Hi!

    There are too many marker in the same place so I would like to make groups for the markers. I found this: http://google-maps-utility-library-v3.googlecode.com/svn/tags/markerclustererplus/2.0.9/examples/simple_example.html and it would be perfect for me but how to use with IP addresses? Please help me. Thanks!

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    1. hi you get any where on this as i have the same problem

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    2. hi. have you solved this problem?

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  12. Hi
    please see my question, I hope somebody will help me: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16057252/make-groups-for-markers-in-google-map-apiv3?noredirect=1#comment22914818_16057252

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  13. Hello, my test page begin to show a strange character !! whats the problem ?? please help
    test : http://www.eaglestats.com/map.php

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  14. Thank you.
    BTW i was not able to set the zoom, it looks like it has to do with the number of the ip's to show. When i put more than one it zoom correctly(?).

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  15. huge looading time freegeoip.net why? http://lab.abhinayrathore.com/ipmapper/ not working

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  16. Works like a charm, thanks alot! I've added an index and Markers array to the class, with which it is able to zoom in (and out) on IP adresses from a formatted HTML table, using IPMapper.zoomIPMarker().

    If you want the modifications, let me know.

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  17. I have a problem with the zoom. I can change the number but always is showed like 1. I have tested all people suggestions but still the same issue.

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  18. Hi,
    I have only just come across this script and it looks ideal for what I need to do. Unfortunately Google now require an API key to use the map services, where should I put the API key? I have tried just adding src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=APIKEY&callback=map"
    async defer>
    To the html page, but this doesn't seem to work.
    Thanks

    Michael

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  20. Why this error-"This page didn't load Google Maps correctly. See the JavaScript console for technical details." coming? Where to use API key

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  22. Hello, I am looking for a good Geolocation API can some one of you suggest some that is very accurate?
    Is there difference in any of them?
    I heard good things about https://www.abstractapi.com can someone share their experience with them if someone has any?
    Thank you!

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