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		chankstein38 on Sept 14, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to build a IP geolocation database from scratc... That's pretty neat! You're basically using ping triangulation!

sib on Sept 14, 2023 [–]

Trilateration (same technique as used for mobile network location - in addition to the GPS on the phone)

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