NAME
Apache::GeoIP - Look up country by IP Address
IP ADDRESS TO COUNTRY DATABASES
Free monthly updates to the database are available from
This free database is similar to the database contained in IP::Country, as well as many paid databases. It uses ARIN, RIPE, APNIC, and LACNIC whois to obtain the IP->Country mappings.
For Win32 users, the GeoIP.dat database file is expected to reside in the /Program Files/GeoIP/ directory.
If you require greater accuracy, MaxMind offers a Premium database on a paid subscription basis.
MAILING LISTS AND CVS
A mailing list and cvs access for the GeoIP library are available from SourceForge; see http://sourceforge.net/projects/geoip/.
SEE ALSO
Apache::Geo::IP and Apache::Geo::Mirror.
AUTHOR
The look-up code for associating a country with an IP address is based on the GeoIP library and the Geo::IP Perl module, and is Copyright (c) 2002, T.J. Mather, tjmather@tjmather.com, New York, NY, USA. See http://www.maxmind.com/ for details. The mod_perl interface is Copyright (c) 2002, Randy Kobes <randy@theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca>.
All rights reserved. This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.