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On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:01:20AM -0500, Paul Hartman wrote: |
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> There are already big sites like Twitter and Google Maps that use the |
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> geolocation API. Give it a try: http://www.google.com/maps/m |
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> If it is able to get your location, it should have a little dot in the |
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> bottom-right corner that will take you to your current location when |
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> clicked. |
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> The browser asks for your permission before giving your location away |
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> to a website, so there's no need to worry about privacy as far as I |
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> can tell. It is surprisingly accurate, I don't know what kind of magic |
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> they use but I live in a small town (1 square mile in size) and it was |
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> able to pinpoint me down to that level. Maybe from my search/browsing |
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> history? I don't know... maybe I don't want to know. :) |
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I think it doesn't locate you but your dslam or its fiber or voiceband |
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equivalent. |
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Well, it's only a supposition and I may be all wrong but it sounds more |
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realistic than infering your physical location based on your browsing |
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history :D |
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