Geolocation in desktop application C#

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I need to create a desktop application in C # to get the geolocation
found one, only works on windows 7 because the plugin to gets location is not available for windows xp.

i found this:
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/63747/Exploring-GoogleGears-Wi-Fi-Geo-Locator-Secrets

but not working...
this app use google gears.
google gears project is offline, but working...other applications using this.

I need help to make this project run correctly.
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First you need to realize that it is not always possible to get the
location of a PC, because the information is not available by default.

In some cases you can do something.

If there is an internet connection, then you can make a web service
call to something on the outside, get the external IP address and
locate that based on some IP location database. The location of
external IP address will often but not always be the same as the
location of the PC.

If the PC has WiFi and WiFi is enabled and there are public
WiFi networks available, then those can be looked up. This
seems to be what the library you link to are doing.

Is that good enough for your usage?

Arne
 
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