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You got my GPS coordinates almost exactly correct. That's incredibly worrying. I mean, it's impressive from a technical standpoint; but still, worrying.
by brianwillis 7y ago
You got my GPS coordinates almost exactly correct. That's incredibly worrying.
I mean, it's impressive from a technical standpoint; but still, worrying.
- maxerickson 7y agoCity level result here. Do you happen to live close to a center point of something?
- brianwillis 7y agoYes, that's a reasonable explanation. I'm near enough to the middle of my town for that to be the cause.
- coderholic 7y agoYeah, the geolocation is city/zip level accuracy. The coordinates are the centroid of the city or zip, not a specific point.
- selterdurst 7y agoRead an article where people were coming to people's houses demanding their phone etc. because the location for that "region" was mapped to their backyard.
- mxd3 7y agoIt got me within one city block of my location. I’m in NYC.
- GordonS 7y agoIt puts me hundreds of miles out, in the wrong country. I find these IP lookup tools vary greatly - some will match certain IP blocks better than others.
- coderholic 7y agoYeah, accuracy definitely varies by ISP, and region. If you'd be willing to share your IP or ISP with me (ben@ipinfo.io) I'd love to look into it and see what we might have been able to do / be able to do in the future to get a more precise location for you.
- GordonS 7y agoNo offense, but I'd rather it wasn't too accurate ;)