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Re: Geolocation accuracy


From: Siyuan Miao <aveline () misaka io>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2021 21:54:13 +0800

You can try IPInsight.io.

We've been using it for years and its accuracy is better than MaxMind,
usually.

On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 8:28 PM Jeroen Massar via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>
wrote:

On 2021-10-19 13:39, Hank Nussbacher wrote:
Can anyone recommend a geo-location service with high city accuracy?
Maxmind, for most countries (broadband, which does move) is below 50%
accuracy (they claim 68% accuracy for USA cities):

https://www.maxmind.com/en/geoip2-city-accuracy-comparison?country=&resolution=city&cellular=excluding

What is the purpose of the geo-locating?

As that might influence how much it actually matters where the user is...

Greets,
  Jeroen



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