pandorafms/pandora_server/util/gis.README

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Pandora FMS uses the MaxMind GeoIP API to map IP address to it's GPS coordinates. This is a GPL library included in Pandora FMS libraries.
In order to be able to use GeoIP/GIS features of the Pandora FMS reconserver, you need to download and install a GeoLiteCite maps. You can download from maxmind site or from Pandora FMS download site. For more information about MaxMind and GeoIP database, check this URLs:
http://www.maxmind.com/app/geoip_resources
http://www.maxmind.com/app/installation
http://www.maxmind.com/app/geolitecity
Install manually Geo-IP-PurePerl-1.24.tar.gz
This database will be used with Pandora FMS recon server for positioning detected host Systems. Check Pandora FMS documentacion for more information.
Prior to use this database you need to decompress it with gzip -d and edit your /etc/pandora/pandora_server.conf file and point the GeoLiteCity GeoLiteCity.dat file with Pandora FMS configuration token 'recon_reverse_geolocation_file', like:
activate_gis 1
recon_reverse_geolocation_file /usr/share/pandora_server/util/GeoLiteCity.dat
location_error 50
recon_reverse_geolocation_mode file
recon_location_scatter_radius 1000
Get a new version at:
http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCity.dat.gz