[mapserver-users] Geocoding the Net

[Fawcett, David]

It banished me to Kamchatka!

David J. Fawcett
GIS / Databases

MN Office of Environmental Assistance
520 Lafayette Rd N
St. Paul, MN 55155
651.215.0200


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> From: 	woodbri at swoodbridge.com[SMTP:woodbri at swoodbridge.com]
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> Sent: 	Wednesday, September 04, 2002 7:49 AM
> To: 	mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> Subject: 	[mapserver-users] Geocoding  the Net
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I found the following links that some of you might be interested in. 
> The first is a PHP class that renders a map with a "You are Here" 
> marker on it based on your IP address. It uses the 2nd to do the 
> geocoding of the IP address.
> 
> http://phpspain.hexoplastia.com/projects/worldlocator/
> http://www.caida.org/tools/utilities/netgeo/
> 
> While it placed me in Spain instead of the US :(, there have been 
> posts in the past about people wanting to show where there web site 
> visitor are located and this might supply a simple starting point or 
> you might want to take apart the PHP class and integrate it with a 
> PHP/Mapscript app.
> 
> Have fun with it,
>   -Steve
>