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Status: Open Points: 75 Time: 17:01 - May 29, 2007  

sbjc23

How does Google Analytics accomplish showing you on a map where people are visiting your site from?

With google analytics, it not only tells me where my visitors are coming from but it also displays it on a map so I can actually visualize it. I know they accomplish this through flash to display it, but does anyone know the methods they would use to accomplish this? I'm interested in doing something similar for one of my applications.

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nidhi

Date:: May 30, 2007

Time:: 07:00

Im assuming they use the IP address. When someone visits your site, u will know their IP address.
Given a IP address, u can use something like tracert (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtec...) to find out where it came from. Given that info, u have a rough idea of where that person's ISP is.

Im afraid I dont know much more.




nidhi

Date:: May 30, 2007

Time:: 07:05

Yes, ok. Im right so far. I just checked the web to verify.
I came across this useful site which contains a IP address database.
http://www.justin-cook.com/wp/2006/11/29...

So it seems u need to

1. get IP Address
2. convert to IP number
3. use database to pinpoint location

nidhi

Date:: May 30, 2007

Time:: 07:06

In terms of visualisation, they probably determine the location then use their flash movies or whatever to move to that location in their maps.
That seems a lot of work!

sbjc23

Date:: May 30, 2007

Time:: 07:30

That is what I need to know, how they visualize it.

nidhi

Date:: May 30, 2007

Time:: 07:33

Well, for flash development, here is a start. http://www.backspace.com/mapapp/
This shows u the country, I guess more detail is required to show the cities etc
and here is a simple tutorial on doing just that http://www.lukamaras.com/tutorials/cool-...

yahoo have a service which u may find useful http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/flash/as...

are you planning on developing such a tool? what language?



sbjc23

Date:: Jun 04, 2007

Time:: 03:15

Nidhi,

I need someone who has done something like this before to guide me through the exact process.

Thanks

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Date:: Aug 22, 2007

Time:: 20:22

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sbjc23

Date:: Aug 27, 2007

Time:: 02:34

Still no answer to my question, anyone have an answer?

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