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Very cool, but here's a tip - if you're going to use Geolocation based on IP, don't be more precise than your dataset is accurate. My stamp shows me as being i
by djrogers 10y ago
Very cool, but here's a tip - if you're going to use Geolocation based on IP, don't be more precise than your dataset is accurate. My stamp shows me as being in a city ~1hr and bridge and county away from me. Something less precise like Northern California would be much more useful than presenting that everyone who's on a Comcast Business line lives in South SF.
- tobyjsullivan 10y agoHad the same issue. City was nearby - but definitely wrong.
- KiDD 10y agoMy Comcast business IP was previously determined to be in NJ.... I am in Northern California. Seems pretty darn accurate otherwise
- yincrash 10y agoAccording to the MaxMind dataset[1], I'm correctly in WY according to my IP. I'm not sure how the Paper Planes geolocation could be so wrong, but it places me in Seattle, WA. [1]https://www.maxmind.com/en/geoip-demo https://www.maxmind.com/en/geoip-demo
- rtkwe 10y agoHah mine took me from Durham NC to Atlanta GA 383 miles by car. I'm guessing that's where my AT&T cell service joins the wider internet or just where this block of IPs is registered to.
- Thriptic 10y agoNot as insulting as being confused for being in New York when I'm in Boston ;p Jumped on wifi and was fine.
- darrenkopp 10y agoYou can turn on GPS location in the settings