[Snap] Google map API fails to locate SNAPs ip range

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redstorm

56 posts

Master Geek

#115837 8-Apr-2013 21:53

FYI if you use Google maps API and are using "google.loader.ClientLocation" to convert IP to Longitude and Latitude google returns Null for Snaps IP range so make sure you trap for that scenario.

I just spent 1/2 an hour debugging my google map web page to find out why it broke after i moved to SNAP..

wjw

162 posts

Master Geek

#795329 9-Apr-2013 06:38

That will depend on which subnet your on.

redstorm

56 posts

Master Geek

#795357 9-Apr-2013 08:19

wjw: That will depend on which subnet your on.

Agreed, so this is the subnet i have currently been assigned, that google cant geolocate.
111.69.195.x\x

mercutio

1392 posts

Uber Geek

#795379 9-Apr-2013 09:21

redstorm:
wjw: That will depend on which subnet your on.

Agreed, so this is the subnet i have currently been assigned, that google cant geolocate.
111.69.195.x\x

On whois that's listed as:

inetnum: 111.69.192.0 - 111.69.223.255
netname: SNAPNET
descr: Dynamic
country: NZ

And Maxmind seems to have the /24 (.x\x) listed as Wellington.

wjw

162 posts

Master Geek

#795380 9-Apr-2013 09:27

Looking at the whois, I'd say the issue is the address fields in the contact record aren't detailed enough for the API to match it.

address: 21 Durham Street South
country: NZ

compared to:

address: Level 2 State Insurance Building
address: 88 Division Street
address: Riccarton
address: Christchurch

for one of the other ranges. I would suggest you log a ticket with them. Not hard to update just time consuming.

redstorm

56 posts

Master Geek

#795403 9-Apr-2013 09:44

I'm not too fussed, just mentioning it in case someone else falls victim.

Ultimately i should have been trapping for the case when if googles geolocation fails use a default location for the map, which i am now doing.

if snap update their registry it will most likely fix it for that subnet, but their is no way of knowing how many other subnets around the world google cant geolocate.

For the sake of end useability, if geolocation fails i am using a default location but may not locate closest to the end user but better than not having the app work at all.

Other options are to use a better IP to geolocation database but most of those cost $$$

Or write more robust code as i should have from the beginning .

mercutio

1392 posts

Uber Geek

#795414 9-Apr-2013 10:05

redstorm: I'm not too fussed, just mentioning it in case someone else falls victim.

Ultimately i should have been trapping for the case when if googles geolocation fails use a default location for the map, which i am now doing.

if snap update their registry it will most likely fix it for that subnet, but their is no way of knowing how many other subnets around the world google cant geolocate.

For the sake of end useability, if geolocation fails i am using a default location but may not locate closest to the end user but better than not having the app work at all.

Other options are to use a better IP to geolocation database but most of those cost $$$

Or write more robust code as i should have from the beginning .

Maybe you should consider using maxmind when google's geoip data fails? it's kind of the authorative standard for regional geoip these days.

# geoiplookup -f /usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoLiteCity.dat 111.69.195.122
GeoIP City Edition, Rev 1: NZ, G2, Wellington, N/A, -41.299999, 174.783295, 0, 0

redstorm

56 posts

Master Geek

#795429 9-Apr-2013 10:24

I could do, but im in auckland and Maxmind lite is inaccurate returns Wellington but im in Auckland. but at least it gets the country right which would be slightly better for overseas visitors if the got located to their country at least.

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mercutio

1392 posts

Uber Geek

#795431 9-Apr-2013 10:25

redstorm: I could do, but im in auckland and Maxmind lite is inaccurate returns Wellington but im in Auckland. but at least it gets the country right which would be slightly better for overseas visitors if the got located to their country at least.

City data is often wrong. Country is generally right.

bagheera

539 posts

Ultimate Geek

#795459 9-Apr-2013 10:52

mercutio:
redstorm: I could do, but im in auckland and Maxmind lite is inaccurate returns Wellington but im in Auckland. but at least it gets the country right which would be slightly better for overseas visitors if the got located to their country at least.

City data is often wrong. Country is generally right.

so true as ips cover the country and they been assign an ip address range they can easy move them to where needed ie got more Wellington people and running out of address in wn, move some spare ip to there.

mercutio

1392 posts

Uber Geek

#795465 9-Apr-2013 11:02

bagheera:
mercutio:
redstorm: I could do, but im in auckland and Maxmind lite is inaccurate returns Wellington but im in Auckland. but at least it gets the country right which would be slightly better for overseas visitors if the got located to their country at least.

City data is often wrong. Country is generally right.

so true as ips cover the country and they been assign an ip address range they can easy move them to where needed ie got more Wellington people and running out of address in wn, move some spare ip to there.

It's the same the world around, except in the US it's not even the right state often.