Geolocation to Country Level

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I want to be able to determine just what country a person is in (on Android, without using the GPS), so I was thinking to use a web API, that I can call and it will return the country based on the request IP. But I can't find any web API that does this, does any exist?

A Generic solution would be to find the location irrespective of the users IP Address. — Yauraw Gadav, Dec 25 '12 at 04:54

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 25 '12 at 04:37

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You can use Google place API look at here just pass the parameters and you will get response in json/xml

answered Dec 25 '12 at 04:37

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The problem with that is that it seems to require an input. I want the input to just be the request IP, which I don't need to provide as that's just part of the header. – Amandeep Grewal Dec 25 '12 at 04:38
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4453328/get-location-of-wifi-ip-in-android – Sunny Dec 25 '12 at 04:40

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 25 '12 at 04:33

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You need a database to do that and proxy servers will just frustrate your intent

answered Dec 25 '12 at 04:33

Bé Cu Sữa

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I don't care if the user tries to fake their IP, or using a proxy to seem that there are somewhere they're not. – Amandeep Grewal Dec 25 '12 at 04:35

score -1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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Using Cell ID

OpenCellID API

IP based location

Get location of wifi ip in android

edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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answered Dec 25 '12 at 04:49

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This seems to use the cell tower information, which you don't necessarily need to know. IP address is simpler for my case. – Amandeep Grewal Dec 25 '12 at 05:01
in that case try this http://www.hostip.info/use.html – Yauraw Gadav Dec 25 '12 at 05:09
lol *DOWN VOTE* but why? :D – Yauraw Gadav Dec 25 '12 at 05:11

score -1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 25 '12 at 11:16

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I ended up using http://www.ipinfodb.com/ip_location_api.php, which fits all the needs I specified in the question.

answered Dec 25 '12 at 11:16

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Geolocation to Country Level

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