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

[Jeremy Adams]

hostip.info shows my IP in the US (VZ DSL), but OSM has always centered me on the UK.

It would be a neat feature if this worked.

-Jeremy

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On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 03:34:14PM +0000, Tom Hughes wrote:

> It uses the cookie first, then your home location (assuming you're=20
> logged in), then GeoIP via hostip.info, and finally defaults to=20
> Europe.
> Take a look at www.hostip.info if you want to see where it thinks you=20
> are.
hostip.info locates me at Stuttgart, Germany, but OSM shows Europe=20
centered on UK. Cookies, cache and proxy disabled for testing.

CU Sascha

--=20
http://sascha.silbe.org/
http://www.infra-silbe.de/

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