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I am developing dummy laptop locator generator. I would like to know if there is any way to detect user's precise city based on their home IP?

I thought I would use maxmind.com API but it sometimes doesn't detect city right. For my home IP it detected right but for my VPS it didn't. I really need some solution to detect city 100% right and if possible street with GPS coordinates. Is it possible?

Krak
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  • Is there any other way to detect right city? I am going to install application on their PC. If they give me privileges is there a way to find it? – Krak Sep 09 '14 at 18:42
  • Simply, you can't. For example my ISP isnt' close to where I'm located, but it show's that I'm listed about 4 hours away... – Trevor Sep 10 '14 at 04:01

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It is not possible to determine someone's location by their IP address alone with any reasonable reliability.

DWRoelands
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