Geolocated Latitude with MaxMind GeoIP2 (mm2latitude)

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Description

Uses MaxMind GeoIP2 services to return the approximate latitude associated with an IPv4 or IPv6 address.

Note that this value is estimated and therefore not precise. Use Geolocated Accuracy Radius with MaxMind GeoIP2 (mm2accuracyradius) to obtain the radius of accuracy for each IP address's geocoordinates.

How does it work in the search window?

This operation only requires one argument:

Argument	Data type

Argument	Data type
Ip (v4 or v6) ^mandatory	ip, ip6

The data type of the new column is float.

Example

We want to get the approximate latitudes associated with the IP addresses in our clientIpAddress column, so we click Create column and select the Geolocated ISP name with MaxMind GeoIP2 operation. Select clientIpAddress as the argument and assign a name to the new column - let's call it latitudeApprox.

The result is a column of float data type containing the approximate latitude.

How does it work in LINQ?

Use the operator select... as... and add the operation syntax to create the new column.

mm2latitude(ip)
mm2latitude(ip6)

Example

Copy the following LINQ script and try the above example on the demo.ecommerce.data table.

from demo.ecommerce.data
select mm2latitude(clientIpAddress) as latitudeApprox

This LINQ script filters out null values from the clientIpAddress column, adds the approximate latitude, and finally adds the radius of accuracy. The radius of accuracy is an indicator of the level of precision of the latitude.

from demo.ecommerce.data
where clientIpAddress /= null
select mm2latitude(clientIpAddress) as latitudeApprox,
mm2accuracyradius(clientIpAddress) as accuracyRadiusKm