Getting User Location 3

[Fendal]

Hello All,

Is it possible to get a users location with asp.net, so that I could display a flag of the users country in the top right of the browser depending on there location ?, If anyone could link me to the right direction or give sample code that would be great, Thanks For reading.

or classic asp vb/js

 

[Veep]

It's kind of hit or miss but you could attempt to sense the culture from the users browser:

{
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture=new CultureInfo(Request.UserLanguages[0]);
}

This returns the default language of the browser. But keep in mind that browser's are not required to specify a language, hence the hit or miss aspect. If you google "asp.net globalization", "asp.net cultureinfo" or "asp.net localization" you'll be in the right ballpark. It's a pretty hefty topic.

 

[Fendal]

Thanks, Veep, I'll look into those google searches.

 

[TipGiver]

Hi Fendal,

-Veep, as you said, a user might not have any languages set, and this will not always work. I for example, have english and then my native language.

Anyway,

-Fendal, you might want to try this link:

http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/countrylistbox.asp

 

[Fendal]

Thanks TipGiver, an enlighting link.

 

[ca8msm]

Another way (again, it's not a perfect solution and it some cases it will potentially work out an incorrect location) is to use the IP Address of the user. I was reading an article on this the other day which shows a map of where you are based on your IP Address. You could do the same thing but just display the country rather than the map:

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/20051109.asp

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[Fendal]

Thanks, Ca8msn.