Scary Accurate Web IP Locator - or it just got lucky? Now with Poll

[woodie1]

Originally posted by: aircooled
Mine says "United States".

Yep - it pinpointed my location right on the nose.

EDIT: Sites 2 and 3 did find the correct state but are still 100s of miles off.

 

[judasmachine]

site 3 nailed me by several blocks. the others 20+ miles off.

 

[rgwalt]

Site 1: Had no clue
Site 2: Had me in NYC
Site 3: Had me in Spring, TX

I am in Houston, so Site 3 was probably 50 miles off or so.

R

 

[Wreckem]

The first link is off by less than two blocks.

The other two just give the city.

 

[FoBoT]

hostip.info said winter park florida, that is off by 1000+ miles

2 and 3 are basically correct, the DSL/phone center i am connected to is in the town it says

 

[Evadman]

Didn't even get my country correct. Heh.

 

[idiotekniQues]

yeah site 3 is pretty spot on for me as well.

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: SKORPI0
My favorite, WhatisMyIPAddress - try this one.

Gets me 2 miles from my correct location. Enter your IP address and zoom in to the Geo-Location map and see if it accurate.

This one put me in Wichita, KS, too - I live in AR

Nathan

 

[alkemyst]

some of these tools are client side so the server really doesn't know.

If you want to hide...it's pretty easy.

 

[cherrytwist]

first two were off by a couple of miles...

last one was way off

 

[Amused]

First one didn't have a clue.

Second one put me in MI (wrong)

Third one put me in Springfield, IL (Correct) but was a couple miles off

 

[Fingolfin269]

It said it had no clue for me. Chalk that up for another positive to living in the boonies.

Nevermind, sites 2 & 3 both got me.

 

[JujuFish]

Site 1:... actually we haven't a clue.
Site 2: Off by over 350 miles
Site 3: Got me.

 

[WTT0001]

1st had no clue (literally), 2nd was the right state but off by 200-300 miles or so, 3rd was within 30 miles (but the wrong city).

WTT

 

[yhelothar]

i find the adult friendfinder ones to be most accurate for me.

 

[Kirby64]

It says Houston. Good luck finding me with that, last time I checked Houston had a population of over 5 million.

 

[wetcat007]

whatismyipaddress.com is off by about 15 miles, the other two are off by several thousands miles.

 

[Brainonska511]

Site 2 was closest (within 10 miles). The first one didn't give a city and the third one placed me in Indiana (though, Comcast is weird and when I go to do speedtests now and again, Speedtest.net says the closest server is in Cincinnati and not Chicago)

 

[Eli]

The first one said I was in the United States.

The second one said I was in Portland, OR. (Off by ~25mi).

The third one got it spot on, Hillsboro, OR.