[ale] Traceroute and Google Maps

[Richard Kolkovich]

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On 06/25/06 15:42, Stephen Cristol declared:
> On Jun 25, 2006, at 1:18 AM, Jim Popovitch wrote:
>> Does anyone know if someone has written a (web)app that uses the
>> GoogleMap API to show geographical traceroutes?
> 
> There is a GUI traceroute app on the Mac (WhatRoute) that tries to do  
> this, but falls short on the mapping. It does not use the Google API.
> 
> There are some Mac widgets that will map specific IP addresses, but  
> they don't seem to use the Google API either.
> 
> You might find some helpful information/code on these sites:
>    http://www.hostip.info/
>    http://www.caida.org/home/
> 
> S

You can also try xtraceroute:

http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~d3august/xt/

Though with any of these programs, your mileage may vary.  There is no
way to really trace IPs to geographical locations...it is all educated
guesswork.  ;)

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Richard Kolkovich
sarumont at sigil.org


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