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Life & fun · January 6, 2016

Js-geolocation, a free client-side geoip service

Js-geolocation, a free client-side geoip service launched on January 6, 2016 with 5 votes and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

What it does

A client-side geolocation service which using Google's services. If you need geolocation data in your client applications and you are targeting browsers where the geolocation API is not available (see canisue.com for a quick overview of its availability). IP geolocation can give false results if the user is coming through a proxy / VPN / NAT service - in this case it will "locate" the exit point. Don't take the results of the API as absolute proof about the user's location! If you have a list of IPs for which you need to retrieve their approximate physical location, use something like the MaxMind GeoIP database which is also available in a free version . Just remember that IP blocks get…from gpanther.github.io

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