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0 pointsbrianwillis7y ago0 comments

Yes, that's a reasonable explanation. I'm near enough to the middle of my town for that to be the cause.

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Yeah, the geolocation is city/zip level accuracy. The coordinates are the centroid of the city or zip, not a specific point.

selterdurst7y ago

Read an article where people were coming to people's houses demanding their phone etc. because the location for that "region" was mapped to their backyard.

mxd37y ago

It got me within one city block of my location. I’m in NYC.

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coderholic7y ago

Yeah, the geolocation is city/zip level accuracy. The coordinates are the centroid of the city or zip, not a specific point.

selterdurst7y ago

Read an article where people were coming to people's houses demanding their phone etc. because the location for that "region" was mapped to their backyard.

mxd37y ago

It got me within one city block of my location. I’m in NYC.

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