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04-10-2016 05:09 PM #1 dishiinc (Member)
scripts to display the city and device in lp's

hi everyone , hope it's going well

i'm currently editing my lp's for my next campaign and was looking for a script to identify and display the user's city and device in the copy text , i read about maxmind but not sure it will work since i am using amazon for hosting.

if there's anyone who can help me figure it out or point me to a source to learn from i'd appreciate it .

thanks
ofer

04-10-2016 05:21 PM #2 jimmymob (Senior Member)

What tracking are you using? There are some options for using your trackers data so you don't have to pay for something like Maxmind.

04-10-2016 07:02 PM #3 dishiinc (Member)

hey jimmymob , i'm using Voluum , checking it out , thanks

04-10-2016 09:42 PM #4 matuloo (Legendary Moderator)

Voluum can do this for you, look in the LANDERS settings, the URL tokens can pass both CITY and DEVICE to the lander. So with a bit of coding you can use them and display where needed

04-10-2016 10:27 PM #5 anty45 (Member)

Hey dishiinc. As mentioned above by matuloo, it's easy to do with Voluum here is a guide: How to show voluum parameters on lander

04-11-2016 07:02 AM #6 dishiinc (Member)

thank you matuloo and anty45 for you comments , they are well appreciated , started implementing the code in my landers and on the Voluum lander links , it works which is great but not so accurate on the city part, i have to test it a bit more , im might go with phrases like "near city " instead of "in city " so it wont be that akward for the end user , if you have any ideas how to make it more accurate , let me know ,thanks

04-11-2016 10:25 AM #7 caurmen (Administrator)

@dishiinc - you could try licensing a more accurate database, but that gets complicated and expensive fast.

Overall, it's best just to assume that the city data is never going to be 100% accurate thanks to the way that Internet infrastructure works around the globe.

04-11-2016 03:03 PM #8 matuloo (Legendary Moderator)

Quote Originally Posted by caurmen View Post
@dishiinc - you could try licensing a more accurate database, but that gets complicated and expensive fast.

Overall, it's best just to assume that the city data is never going to be 100% accurate thanks to the way that Internet infrastructure works around the globe.
Exactly, its never gonna be 100% accurate in every part of the world. Do exactly what you said you would : words like near, close to, within 30km from ... this is good enough. The country alone usually does well enough and you can still use the universal : "Near YOU" or from your neighborhood, within 20 miles from your location etc ...

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