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

[Tom Hughes]

Hugh Barnes wrote:

> FWIW it doesn't seem to ever work for me in at least a couple of
> environments I've tried. Either it drops me at my last viewport or I'm
> back in good ol' Blighty needing to claw my way back. I actually
> assumed that it was determined by my login status rather than cookie.

It uses the cookie first, then your home location (assuming you're 
logged in), then GeoIP via hostip.info, and finally defaults to Europe.

> In either case, whatever geolocation service is being used doesn't seem
> to cover a lot of providers here in Australia. I know they're not
> perfect. However, I've played with Maxmind in the past and it gets the
> country right. I think it's a pay service, though.

Take a look at www.hostip.info if you want to see where it thinks you are.

Tom

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