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Isn’t this one of those situations where, if they can’t find or resolve the IP to a geo location they place it at a random place, usually in the middle of the o
by moi2388 4y ago
Isn’t this one of those situations where, if they can’t find or resolve the IP to a geo location they place it at a random place, usually in the middle of the ocean? I recall there being more issues like this with different companies.
- rpaddock 4y ago"Null Island" is a ocean buoy at zero-latitude/zero-longitude in the Gulf of Guinea off the west cost of Africa. This an odd case of dereferencing a NULL Pointer. Some Apps default to this valid physical location (It has become a tourist destination for the brave or foolish) leading to strange directions and distance calculations. If need to have a default make sure it is not a valid location such as using +91 or -181 (out of range values).
- fatnoah 4y agoFacebook used to (still does?) have an easter egg on their map depicting NULL island: https://twitter.com/chris_whong/status/1359126193413488645 https://twitter.com/chris_whong/status/1359126193413488645 If you look closely, it strongly resembles another island: https://www.trueachievements.com/game/Myst/walkthrough/3 https://www.trueachievements.com/game/Myst/walkthrough/3