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Reminds me of the problem with MaxMind and the IPs with undetermined locations being assigned to the geographical center of the country, with resulting problems

• tempodox 5y ago
  The MaxMind datasets (even the free ones) come with an accuracy radius, which makes it abundantly clear that the location is not exact. The ipinfo response doesn't even include that. You can't stop ignorant people from drawing wrong conclusions, but at least MaxMind made it harder for them to do so, as the article mentions: > MaxMind has changed its default centre points to be in the middle of bodies of water. I don't know how ipinfo default coordinates compare to that; I would hope that they've learned the same lesson.
  • fennessy 5y ago
    It's a valid point although ultimately the responsibility for displaying the data to end customers / users / viewers lies with the company / entity ingesting the data. So if any sensitive locations are being displayed on a map & pinpoint a house for example, then the company displaying that data to end users needs to mask that (for example, changing the design to show a radius as opposed to a specific point).