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It must not have been able to detect where you are located. You can zoom out and click/tap the map to choose the location. And it'll remember that location next

It must not have been able to detect where you are located. You can zoom out and click/tap the map to choose the location. And it'll remember that location next time. It defaults to Ireland in this case because I'm Irish.

ape4 5y ago
Thanks. Using Firefox on Windows laptop, FYI.
- adamlynch 5y ago
  Thanks. It's a third-party server-side API I use so it would be just based on your ID address I think. You can go here to see where it thinks you are: https://cloudflare-pages-geolocation.pages.dev https://cloudflare-pages-geolocation.pages.dev. However, this can change if you reload it minutes apart or if you turn on/off WiFi, etc. It's not 100% reliable
  - ape4 5y ago
    That give me a very accurate location! Not using any VPN, etc.
    - adamlynch 5y ago
      Try https://backofyourhand.com/ https://backofyourhand.com/ again please, it should work. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30734844 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30734844 for why
  - zamfi 5y ago
    I was also started in Cork in-game, while this link showed me the right location. I think your integration may have a bug?
    - adamlynch 5y ago
      Maybe. It uses the geolocation information Cloudflare provides. In general, it isn't extremely accurate and it doesn't always return the same location, so this doesn't surprise me too much. If it consistently works in one and not the other (at the same point in time), then the only difference I can think of is that Back Of Your Hand uses their "edge handlers" / "functions" and I made that other URL with their "workers". Hmm. --- Maybe I could inform the user somehow when it cannot find a location at all. I really want to avoid a browser popup asking for the user's location though
      - slobotron 5y ago
        Submitted lino includes hardcoded location, maybe that's what's tripping people up?
        adamlynch 5y ago
        That's it! I could've sworn I made sure not to include it when submitting. It does redirect to that if there's no location found so maybe HN updated the link to the redirect destination? I'm pushing a change now to ignore this specific lat-lng combination and fallback to geolocation
    - AussieWog93 5y ago
      Same here. Cloudflare link gives me a pin accurate to a couple of hundred metres, the link in the submission takes me to Ireland.
      - adamlynch 5y ago
        Try again please, it should work. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30734844 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30734844 for why
    - adamlynch 5y ago
      Try again please, it should work. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30734844 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30734844 for why

ape4 5y ago

Thanks. Using Firefox on Windows laptop, FYI.

adamlynch 5y ago
Thanks. It's a third-party server-side API I use so it would be just based on your ID address I think. You can go here to see where it thinks you are: https://cloudflare-pages-geolocation.pages.dev https://cloudflare-pages-geolocation.pages.dev. However, this can change if you reload it minutes apart or if you turn on/off WiFi, etc. It's not 100% reliable
- ape4 5y ago
  That give me a very accurate location! Not using any VPN, etc.
  - adamlynch 5y ago
    Try https://backofyourhand.com/ https://backofyourhand.com/ again please, it should work. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30734844 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30734844 for why
- zamfi 5y ago
  I was also started in Cork in-game, while this link showed me the right location. I think your integration may have a bug?
  - adamlynch 5y ago
    Maybe. It uses the geolocation information Cloudflare provides. In general, it isn't extremely accurate and it doesn't always return the same location, so this doesn't surprise me too much. If it consistently works in one and not the other (at the same point in time), then the only difference I can think of is that Back Of Your Hand uses their "edge handlers" / "functions" and I made that other URL with their "workers". Hmm. --- Maybe I could inform the user somehow when it cannot find a location at all. I really want to avoid a browser popup asking for the user's location though
    - slobotron 5y ago
      Submitted lino includes hardcoded location, maybe that's what's tripping people up?
      - adamlynch 5y ago
        That's it! I could've sworn I made sure not to include it when submitting. It does redirect to that if there's no location found so maybe HN updated the link to the redirect destination? I'm pushing a change now to ignore this specific lat-lng combination and fallback to geolocation
  - AussieWog93 5y ago
    Same here. Cloudflare link gives me a pin accurate to a couple of hundred metres, the link in the submission takes me to Ireland.
    - adamlynch 5y ago
      Try again please, it should work. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30734844 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30734844 for why
  - adamlynch 5y ago
    Try again please, it should work. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30734844 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30734844 for why