Service is offered with varying functionality by region. Service is the next generation of Datastore. Available in either Datastore mode or Native mode. Service provides a data location commitment in the Service Specific Terms for available regions/multi-regions. Service is offered in all existing and future regions.

VPNs redirect traffic through a remote server and mask a contact’s real location. Learn more about VPNs. Your contact forwards your emails to people in other locations. When those recipients open or click the forwarded emails, their activity and IP addresses are attributed to your contact. Your contact's email service provider uses a proxy. An IP address is analogous to a street address or telephone number in that it is used to uniquely identify an entity. Dotted Decimals. The traditional IP Address (known as IPv4) uses a 32-bit number to represent an IP address, and it defines both network and host address. Google uses BSSID information from your WLAN Access Point to get an approximation of where you are located, even with GPS and WiFi turned off. Taken from “How does Google Maps estimate my location without GPS?”: Google and others like Apple and Skyhook build a Database which links WLAN BSSIDs to a geographic location. A service might probe data sources where your IP address has shown up before. For example, if you went to an online weather site and typed in your city or ZIP code, that information was linked to your IP address because you made the request online in real time. (That's why you get such instant and accurate weather data with a simple query.)

Free service to locate an IP address on Google Maps. This geo IP tool is useful to know where is located an IP address on Google Maps, so you can trace the IP address location. When you submit an IP address, this service gathers the IP coordinates (latitude and longitude) and then it uses Google Maps to show you the approximate location.

VPNs redirect traffic through a remote server and mask a contact’s real location. Learn more about VPNs. Your contact forwards your emails to people in other locations. When those recipients open or click the forwarded emails, their activity and IP addresses are attributed to your contact. Your contact's email service provider uses a proxy.

To improve Location services and estimate the location of a device, Google uses publicly broadcast Wi-Fi information from wireless access points and GPS, cell tower, and sensor data. This data is limited to information about the wireless access point itself, including its location.

VPNs redirect traffic through a remote server and mask a contact’s real location. Learn more about VPNs. Your contact forwards your emails to people in other locations. When those recipients open or click the forwarded emails, their activity and IP addresses are attributed to your contact. Your contact's email service provider uses a proxy. An IP address is analogous to a street address or telephone number in that it is used to uniquely identify an entity. Dotted Decimals. The traditional IP Address (known as IPv4) uses a 32-bit number to represent an IP address, and it defines both network and host address. Google uses BSSID information from your WLAN Access Point to get an approximation of where you are located, even with GPS and WiFi turned off. Taken from “How does Google Maps estimate my location without GPS?”: Google and others like Apple and Skyhook build a Database which links WLAN BSSIDs to a geographic location.