Geo::IP2Location ================ This Perl modules provide fast lookup of country, region, city, latitude, longitude, ZIP code, time zone, ISP, domain name, connection type, IDD code, area code, weather station code, station name, mcc, mnc, mobile brand, elevation, and usage type from IP address by using IP2Location database. This module uses a file based database available at IP2Location.com. This database simply contains IP blocks as keys, and other information such as country, region, city, latitude, longitude, ZIP code, time zone, ISP, domain name, connection type, IDD code, area code, weather station code, station name, mcc, mnc, mobile brand, elevation, and usage type as values. It supports both IP address in IPv4 and IPv6. This module can be used in many types of projects such as: 1) select the geographically closest mirror 2) analyze your web server logs to determine the countries of your visitors 3) credit card fraud detection 4) software export controls 5) display native language and currency 6) prevent password sharing and abuse of service 7) geotargeting in advertisement The database will be updated in monthly basis for the greater accuracy. Free sample DB1 database is available at /samples directory or download it from https://www.ip2location.com/developers The complete database is available at https://www.ip2location.com under Premium subscription package. INSTALLATION To install this module type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install DEPENDENCIES The complete database is available at https://www.ip2location.com under subscription package. COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE Copyright (C) 2013 by IP2Location.com, support@ip2location.com This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.6 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.