OT: wanna help me test something?

codemonkey

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I've written a program that uses a database to try to figure out what town the visitor is coming from. By their own admission, they say the database isn't very accurate, so I wrote an app against it and am trying to test it.

http://sandbox.jeremymorgan.com/geo/location.php

Just put in the city you are in, and it will run a check and store your city vs what city it thinks you're in. It takes a few minutes to load.

I'm really curious to see how the oregon DB works. Thanks!

 

hungrymonkey

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it was within 30 miles.

 

gospeedgo

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I say Gresham, it says Portland...pretty close

 

codemonkey

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You guys are up late! Thanks for helping me with this! It looks like relative accuracy is the best I can hope for, it's not too bad really.

 

WANNA_BE_GT

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It said I was from ****nugget, Kentucky, LOL

 

WANNA_BE_GT

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Awe so sad, it starred out an actual city lol

 

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everett wa vs. oak harbor. Not awful, but not close either.

 

blown04snake

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Codemonkey - different topic - have a club member that needs a website designed. Check your PM's.

 

codemonkey

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blown04snake said:

Codemonkey - different topic - have a club member that needs a website designed. Check your PM's.

Click to expand...

Awesome man. Done

 

Repostyle

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It basically takes your IP addy and figures out the closest server it's routed through... Kinda cool. I'm actually in Portland, but routed through the vancouver, wa. comcast server. As far as finding the area, it's really acurate, but exact location would be a little harder.