Quote Originally Posted by gilby View Post
If you are updating the GeoIP.dat file, you have to also get the latest geoip.inc file to access it correctly.
I'm a little curious about the above statement, and of course welcome input. I decided to try to incorporate the latest GeoIP.dat file into my active site. I renamed the previous file (kept the extension, though haven't looked to see what the effect of that is), and added the new file. It appears to me (right or wrong) that the file is successfully being used to report accurate locations.

Now I haven't looked to see what happens in the display of information if an "error" comes up in the search/presentation of the information, but I was previously seeing host names that in no way matched the flag/country identified. Now that I have loaded the newer file, I have gone back to ping addresses that show up as international and they have the correct association of country to IP address... I've been toying with the idea of transitioning to GeoIP2; however, am having to interpret the guidance provided and see if the available IPN like information can be condensed down to a ZC specific implementation removing extraneous files and code.

Is this something that you have implemented/toyed with and could provide some insight into?