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[Grasshoppermind] Geolocation (Geotracking): 1. the technique of determining a user’s geographic latitude, longitude and, by inference, city, region and nation by comparing the user’s public Internet IP address with known locations of other electronically neighboring servers and routers [from Linuxjournal]

Some related posts from Technorati and Google.

http://rankwil.blogspot.com  Wandering in Elysium: Your IP address (the unique ID of any device connected to the Net) and your browser (Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer, etc.) gives the server or anyone interested, enough information about your geographic location, timezone, operating system on your PC, browser configuration, etc. that can be used to identify you as a unique visitor with specific preferences and characteristics. (via Cosmos)

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