[OSM-dev] openstreetmap could start at user's approximate location using geo-ip

Tom Hughes tom at compton.nu
Sun Jan 18 15:31:14 GMT 2009


Nigel Magnay wrote:
> http://www.maxmind.com/app/locate_my_ip got me pretty much exactly..

...and it says I'm in Oxfordshire when I'm in Hertfordshire.

I have no idea where it got that idea from, as it isn't based on my 
address or even my ISP's address, which would be Berkshire.

Tom

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