Re: [Summary-Talk] Q: How-to Install MaxMind GeoIP data file...

[Brock Gunter-Smith <brock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Does Summary actually support the City data, or just the region?

MaxMind seems unsure of this.

->  Brock

> From: Jason Linhart <summary@summary.net>
> Reply-To: summary-talk@lists.summary.net
> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 16:08:13 -0400
> To: summary-talk@lists.summary.net
> Subject: Re: [Summary-Talk] Q: How-to Install MaxMind GeoIP data file...
> 
> Brock Gunter-Smith wrote:
>> 
>> I subscribed to the MaxMind GeoIP service to get regional data (down to the
>> city), however how do I enable that in Summary 2.5.1? Do I just delete the
>> existing "GeoIPRegion.dat" file, rename my freshly downloaded
>> "GeoIPRegion-112.dat" to "GeoIPRegion.dat" and put it in the Config folder?
> 
> Yes. You might want to keep a copy of the old one just in case.
> 
>> Also, on the MaxMind website, there are 3 options for downloading the data:
>>     - MaxMind GeoIP Region (US Only, old format) Binary for APIs
>>     - MaxMind GeoIP Region CSV Format
>>     - MaxMind GeoIP Region (US/Canada, new format) Binary for APIs
>> 
>> I'm assuming I need either 1 or 3, but does Summary use the "new" or "old"
>> binary file format?
> 
> Either of the two binary formats will work with Summary. I recomend the
> new format, but it doesn't make much difference.
> 
> Jason
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