# Determining link geo-location **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [August 23, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/determining-link-geo-location/193712 "2010-08-23T02:46:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rajinder\_Y](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@Rajinder\_Y](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rajinder_Y)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/determining-link-geo-location/193712/1 "2010-08-23T02:46:30Z")
I am trying to figure out how to get the user’s geo-location when a request comes in after they’ve clicked on a link. Is there a easy way to do this in rails, also is the geo-location provided by the user’s browser, or is there another way this is determined? Thanks! – Kind Regards, Rajinder Y. ---
**Author:** ![Rajinder\_Y](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@Rajinder\_Y](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rajinder_Y)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 11:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/determining-link-geo-location/193712/2 "2010-08-23T11:26:30Z")
Rajinder Y. wrote: > I am trying to figure out how to get the user’s geo-location when a > request comes in after they’ve clicked on a link. Is there a easy way to > do this in rails, also is the geo-location provided by the user’s > browser, or is there another way this is determined? > > Thanks! > > – > Kind Regards, > Rajinder Y. who can get the user geo-location using their IP-Address ---
**Author:** ![Rajinder\_Y](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@Rajinder\_Y](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rajinder_Y)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 11:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/determining-link-geo-location/193712/3 "2010-08-23T11:33:19Z")
On Aug 23, 1:45 am, Rajinder Y. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I am trying to figure out how to get the user’s geo-location when a > request comes in after they’ve clicked on a link. Is there a easy way to > do this in rails, also is the geo-location provided by the user’s > browser, or is there another way this is determined? You might want to take a look at the html5 geolocation api ( [Geolocation API](http://dev.w3.org/geo/api/spec-source.html) ). The browser will ask the user for permission, and precision will vary - last time I checked on my machine Safari used nearby wifi signals to work out its position (which was pretty good) whereas Firefox just did an ip address thing, which was out by a hunded miles (and sometimes is completely wrong, eg if I’m travelling and using a VPN) Fred ---
**Author:** ![Rajinder\_Y](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@Rajinder\_Y](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rajinder_Y)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 10:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/determining-link-geo-location/193712/4 "2010-08-24T10:18:05Z")
On Aug 24, 1:23 am, Rajinder Y. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > On 10-08-23 05:32 AM, Frederick C. wrote: > Hi Fred, > > thanks for that info, for my use case a general location of the user, > like country and possibly region or city will do! > > Q: About obtaining permission from the user, this needs to be done easy > time? Thanks! That’s up to the browser to decide, and you should note that not all browsers support this api yet (I’d assume IE doesn’t, and only recent version of Safari/Firefox do). If you only need something very coarse then you could do an ip lookup competely server side - there are various people who provide apis for that sort of thing. Fred ---
**Author:** ![Rajinder\_Y](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@Rajinder\_Y](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rajinder_Y)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/determining-link-geo-location/193712/5 "2010-08-24T02:24:30Z")
On 10-08-23 05:32 AM, Frederick C. wrote: > [Geolocation API](http://dev.w3.org/geo/api/spec-source.html) ). The browser will ask the > user for permission, and precision will vary - last time I checked on > my machine Safari used nearby wifi signals to work out its position > (which was pretty good) whereas Firefox just did an ip address thing, > which was out by a hunded miles (and sometimes is completely wrong, eg > if I’m travelling and using a VPN) > > Fred > > > Thanks! Hi Fred, thanks for that info, for my use case a general location of the user, like country and possibly region or city will do! Q: About obtaining permission from the user, this needs to be done easy time? Thanks! – Kind Regards, Rajinder Y. ---
**Author:** ![Rajinder\_Y](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@Rajinder\_Y](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rajinder_Y)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 9:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/determining-link-geo-location/193712/6 "2010-08-26T09:36:58Z")
On 10-08-24 04:17 AM, Frederick C. wrote: > > Q: About obtaining permission from the user, this needs to be done easy > > time? Thanks! > > That’s up to the browser to decide, and you should note that not all > browsers support this api yet (I’d assume IE doesn’t, and only recent > version of Safari/Firefox do). If you only need something very coarse > then you could do an ip lookup competely server side - there are > various people who provide apis for that sort of thing. > > Fred Fred, thanks I got something working right now with an IP geo lookup. – Kind Regards, Rajinder Y.