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> Only approximate location is uploaded (~3 mile accuracy). I believe where this is done by other services they account for the density of population in a geog
by supermatt 4y ago
> Only approximate location is uploaded (~3 mile accuracy).
I believe where this is done by other services they account for the density of population in a geographic area. (IIRC there was an article posted here a few years ago)
In my case a 3m radius would mean I’m one of 4 households, for example.
- bubblic 4y agoGreat point. I need to look into this. If you find a link to it, please keep me posted
- em-bee 4y agois there maybe some way to find the nearest population center from any given location? say the nearest town with 100.000 inhabitants? something like this: https://citiesnear.com/me https://citiesnear.com/me
- bearmode 4y agoThe nearest town with 100k inhabitants means that places such as Greenland are completely excluded, since its largest town by far only has a population of 18k
- em-bee 4y agowell, a different threshold could be chosen. or a list of exceptions. so for greenland it would always choose the capital or the biggest town. or make it user configurable. ideally i would just like to enter the name of the nearest town myself, regardless of size or location. maybe provide a dropdown list of nearby population centers and let the user choose their preference.