A method and an apparatus operates to associate a geographic location
associated with a network address. At least one data collection operation
is performed to obtain information pertaining to a network address. The
retrieved information is processed to identify a plurality of geographic
locations potentially associated with the network address, and to attach a
confidence factor to each of the plurality of geographic locations. An
estimated geographic location is selected from the plurality of geographic
locations as being a best estimate of a true geographic location of the
network address, where the selection of the estimated geographic location
is based upon a degree of confidence-factor weighted agreement within the
plurality of geographic locations.