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[nanashiRei <nanashi.rei AT gmail.com>]

html5 geo ip uses location data provided by *your browser* and nothing
else. If your browser does not supply information, then there is none.
On mobile devices your actual GPS location is used.

Am 12.12.2012 21:35, schrieb opennic AT lewman.us:
> On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:24:43 +0100
> nanashiRei <nanashi.rei AT gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> This just implies that your ISP doesn't provide valid geo information,
>> good for you. It finds me pretty accurately (~10km distance).
> 
> The maxmind geoip database finds it down to my town. This html5/geo
> site clearly isn't using maxmind geoip db,
> https://www.maxmind.com/en/geoip_demo
> 

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