Tim Morley wrote:
> Is there an easy way to convert a spreadsheet column full of IP
> addresses to a pretty set of pins stuck in a map, to show the
> (approximate) location of the people who've signed up to my web service?
> Google Maps would be fine on this particular occasion, but bonus points
> for using OpenStreetMap or similar if possible.

You'd need to do it in two stages: converting the IPs to georeferences,
then plotting on a map.

The former you can do using http://www.hostip.info/ - this is the
service OSM uses.

If you then munge the results into a text file, you can use this example
script to overlay the points on an OSM map:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Openlayers_POI_layer_example

Jonathan

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