Can I determine a location from an I.P. Address?

[tpr007]

86.141.13.48

Can I get a (vague?) location from an IP address?

 

[tofagerl]

Yeah, it's London apparently.

http://www.ip2location.com/free.asp

 

[stridemat]

I searched and it said Mansfield which is near Nottingham. lol not that accurate then.

link

 

[BlueRevolution]

Of course, the IP you're seeing may not actually be the location of the end user. They could be using a proxy.

 

[SpaceKitty]

They aren't very accurate. Mine sometimes says I am in Denver Colorado near Downtown. If I use my Sprint broadband card, it shows me in Texas.

 

[BlueRevolution]

The IP geolookup services are usually only precise to the nearest large city. The maps are just a product of typing "Denver, Colorado" into Google Maps — they don't add any precision.

And yes, sometimes they get it dead wrong. Cells are all over the place.