How to get ones country flag on my website using IP address ?

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I am working on my website using asp.net C#

I want my user to view their respective Country flags on the top corner of my website.

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What I have tried:

Suppose the user's IP is from India It Should display Indian Flag on the Top Corner of the Website. Similarly for the other countries.I have tried many sites there is no proper solution found. Kindly Help us

Posted 6-Jun-17 23:44pm

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Updated 7-Jun-17 0:06am

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F-ES Sitecore 7-Jun-17 6:30am

"here is no proper solution found"

That's because IP addresses contain no geographical information. You needing them to isn't going to change that I'm afraid.

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2017-06-07T00:06:00

Here's a start: Using IP based Geolocation - and why it's pretty much useless.[^] - it gives the code to get the country (as well as other info) but explains why it isn't always accurate.
To use that, you'll need the flag images: Country flags of the world with images and names[^] shows them all.