Is GeoIP reliable?

With those limitations in mind, we estimate that our GeoIP2 products can identify users at the country level with 99.8% accuracy. For IPs located within the U.S., we estimate around an 80% accuracy at the state/region level, and a 66% accuracy for cities (within a 50km radius of that city).

How accurate is Cloudflare geolocation?

With these services, you can obtain 95 percent to 99 percent accuracy of a user’s country. IP-based geolocation services provide 55 percent to 80 percent accuracy for a user’s region or state.

How accurate is Ipinfo io?

We chalk that up to a series of very fortunate coincidences. But we mention it, in part, to emphasize that our data is very reliable. While IP addresses can’t be used to track individuals, they’re very accurate when it comes to identifying countries, regions (such as states), cities, or postal codes.

What is GeoIP Lite?

geoip-lite is a fully JavaScript implementation of the MaxMind geoip API. It is not as fully featured as bindings that use libgeoip . By reducing scope, this package is about 40% faster at doing lookups.

Why is geolocation not accurate?

While it is possible to map some IP addresses to street addresses, one of the major constraints on the accuracy of IP geolocation has to do with the infrastructure of the internet itself and the nature of IP addresses.

Can IP address location be wrong?

This means that it’s possible for the physical address associated with your IP address to be incorrect or slightly off. Even the best IP geolocation only has 99% accuracy on a country level; as you get more specific, with a city, state, or town, the IP location accuracy will decrease.

How do I find an accurate location for my IP?

To find the exact location of your IP address, just visit our website IP-Lookup.org. Here you will find and get all the relevant details related to your IP. To find out exact location from a specific IP, other than your own, you need an IP, but you can also use a domain name.

Is GeoIP Lite free?

GeoLite2 databases are free IP geolocation databases comparable to, but less accurate than, MaxMind’s GeoIP2 databases . The GeoLite2 Country, City, and ASN databases are updated weekly, every Tuesday.

How do you use GeoIP Lite?

installation

  1. get the library. $ npm install geoip-lite.
  2. update the datafiles (optional) Run cd node_modules/geoip-lite && npm run-script updatedb license_key=YOUR_LICENSE_KEY to update the data files. ( Replace YOUR_LICENSE_KEY with your license key obtained from maxmind.com) You can create maxmind account here.