[Geowanking] IP geolocation

[Kevin Elliott]

Mike,

While initially sounding unreasonable, I imagine it would be possible  
using combinations of data that is available. I'm still a little  
confused what the "undisclosed mechanisms" could possibly be using to  
determine a true fix.

Can you elaborate on what you believe they are doing?

Kevin


> http://local.live.com/
>
> My home IP address is officially registerd to a proxy server in San  
> Diego. I'm connected via satellite behind the proxy from a very  
> remote location in northern California, and yet the findme utility  
> properly identified my actual geographic position. The satellite  
> service provider has -not- revealed my actual address. ( I checked  
> with friends in their net ops center.) The data for local.live.com  
> was purchased from a commercial ip geolocation service who  
> determined my actual,  rural location using undisclosed mechanisms.