I have been playing arround with GeoIP a bit as you might know, then a another (php) website got me inspired to make a GeopIP and Google Maps Mashup in (classic) ASP. This Script uses the Maxmind Geoip Com Component, their GeoLite Country and GeoLite City databases, all available free of charge.

So, i downloaded the Maxmind ActiveX Com Component, the GeoLite Country and City databases, requested myself a Google Maps API key and start coding.

The first result can be seen below.

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Cool, it came out pretty much how i liked it to, but can we take it a step further as well?
As said inspired by someone else i fixed up a visitor counter which shows the visitors to this site from all around the world on a Google Map.

Check out the result here  (opens in popup)

GeoLite Country is similar to the GeoIP Country database, but is slightly less accurate. Should you require greater accuracy, GeoIP Country is a drop-in replacement for GeoLite Country. GeoLite City is similar to the GeoIP City database, but is less accurate. Should you require greater accuracy,

If someone from Maxmind visits this place would allow me to discover the full potentional of the these databases, i'm always in for a free license...


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