The IANA IP lookup is far more accurate than whois.

For example, here is MikeH:

62.190.xxx.xx uk (ip address censored to protect the innocent)


I think this is better than asking users which country they are from. People will just list phoney countries like "Togo" and exotic ones when given a list of all of them. I've run other DC projects and I'VE DONE THAT. I think all of us have that hotmail account somewhere where we're "Julio Jamal" from the Easter Islands.

And some users submit from multiple countries (such as Payam, from Iran and Pakistan). So in some cases, even if a "real" country is listed in his profile, it will still make the stats less correct.


-Louie