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How to get users location from his IP address

And what are the free Java APIs that I can make use of to get the location of the user.

Sumit Singh
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The keyword you're looking for is "geolocation". I've been using

http://www.maxmind.com

for 10 years now. They also have a free service.

Ingo Kegel
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  • hii ingo first of i would like to thank u for replying and actually we need a free service only but is that reliable and good how to download their database and integrate it with my java application? plz reply – tina Oct 12 '12 at 15:59
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    The second link in my answer is a free service. – Ingo Kegel Oct 12 '12 at 16:24