Scary Accurate Web IP Locator - or it just got lucky? Now with Poll

[rudder]

Pretty close... if you consider a 4 hour drive close.

 

[HannibalX]

From the web site:

Location: UNITED STATES

Heh. :0

 

[Quiksilver]

Originally posted by: SKORPI0
My favorite, WhatisMyIPAddress - try this one.

Gets me 2 miles from my correct location. Enter your IP address and zoom in to the Geo-Location map and see if it accurate.

This one works for me. Within 3 miles for me

OP's fails it apparently I'm in Canada. with his.

 

[xanis]

The OP's site put my location in a town that's 50 miles away. WhatIsMyIPAddress was a bit closer at 31 miles.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

OP's site put me in UNITED STATES
Second site put me in New York City
WhatIsMyIPAddress put me in fucking Oxford, MS

I'm in Florida damnit. Maybe it's because I'm using my cell phone for internet.

 

[gorobei]

op's off by 60mi.
skorpios by15mi.

 

[Kadarin]

This thread illustrates the fact that most people don't know the difference between precision and accuracy.

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

United States it says. Incredibly precise indeed.

 

[adlep]

We have 3 IP mapping web sites so far:

Site1:
http://www.hostip.info/index.html -> Worked for me but it didn't for many other ATOT posters

Site2:
http://geobytes.com -> about 20 miles off for me, but it apparently it is more consistent.

Site3:
http://whatismyipaddress.com/ -> This site also points my to my city. Other members had good results with it as well...

Edit: I will setup a poll to keep the discussion going. Keep playing with me too...

 

[adlep]

Originally posted by: Kadarin
This thread illustrates the fact that most people don't know the difference between precision and accuracy.

I understand the difference, but which case applies to my original IP site?

High accuracy, but low precision

or

High precision, but low accuracy

Definition on Wiki

 

[frostedflakes]

I use a cellular ISP, and these things are always way off. I'm in northeast Kansas, locators usually pinpoint me as being in western Arkansas. Never understood why, if anybody knows a lot about cellular data services I'd be interested in any insight you can offer.

 

[seemingly random]

Originally posted by: adlep
...

Site1:
http://www.hostip.info/index.html -> Worked for me but it didn't for many other ATOT posters

Site2:
http://geobytes.com -> about 20 miles off for me, but apparently it is more consistent.

Site3:
http://whatismyipaddress.com/ -> This site also points to my city. Other members had good results with it as well...

1. "actually we haven't a clue"
2. reported nyc, in ga
3. ~10 miles

 

[ForumMaster]

every single ip location site puts me at Tel Aviv. i'm twenty minutes from Haifa and about 90 minutes from Tel Aviv. the first site (the highly accurate site) had no idea where i was.

 

[TheVrolok]

First one said my country, second one guessed NY incorrectly, third picked my town up.

 

[TwiceOver]

Originally posted by: TheVrolok
First one said my country, second one guessed NY incorrectly, third picked my town up.

Same.

 

[boomhower]

I am at work where my system is routed through another city for a federal program. The last got the correct city I am located at, the other two hit the city I am routed through.

 

[xSauronx]

whatismyipaddress.com is the only one that worked for me.

 

[allisolm]

Originally posted by: SKORPI0
My favorite, WhatisMyIPAddress - try this one.

Gets me 2 miles from my correct location. Enter your IP address and zoom in to the Geo-Location map and see if it accurate.

That one nails it for me. :thumbsup:

 

[StevenYoo]

sites 2 and 3 found me

 

[BoberFett]

Number 1 was worthless
Number 2 was off by 15 miles
Number 3 was off by 3 miles

 

[grrl]

hostip "hadn't a clue". The other two were correct.

 

[adlep]

Very cool...
It looks like the original site is not as good as I thought.

However, we have found a good alternative:

http://whatismyipaddress.com/

seems to be the best option at the moment!

:beer:

 

[gar3555]

Originally posted by: BoberFett
Number 1 was worthless
Number 2 was off by 15 miles
Number 3 was off by 3 miles

damn near same results:

1: worthless
2: Got to town I was in
3: same.

 

[dman]

first didn't know
second got the right county
third got the right county and pinpointed me about 20miles south.

 

[Fritzo]

It says my IP is coming from the middle of a river...wtf is with that?