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