IP Geolocation Accuracy Evaluation Based on Crowdsourcing

Abstract

IP geolocation is a crucial technology in the study of many fields, such as network measurement, fraud detection, and location-based advertising, etc. For over a decade, numerous researches and applications in this area have gained significant advances. In recent years, since more and more physical devices are connected to cyberspace, evaluating the accuracy of IP geolocation has gained much more attentions. In this paper, we first illustrate the concept and applications of the IP geolocation. Then, we design and propose an evaluation method on IP geolocation accuracy based on crowdsourcing. We evaluate the accuracy of a popular high-precision IP geolocation system and find out it reaches 98.88% correct on city-level geolocation, and the median error distance of street-level geolocation is 0.13km. Finally, the future development direction of IP geolocation accuracy evaluation is discussed.