| ▲ | zikduruqe 3 hours ago | |||||||
Even neater, I use CoMaps on my linux laptop, with a USB GPS receiver. It beats using IP based Geocoding. | ||||||||
| ▲ | lucgommans 3 hours ago | parent [-] | |||||||
Another alternative to geoIP could be WiFi-based location detection (comparing which WiFis are near you to a database). https://beacondb.net aims to replace Mozilla's shut-down location services, with public data releases once a proper anonymisation scheme has been figured out to avoid another Mozilla event. Google and Apple apparently also have usable back-ends: afaik it's not documented or meant for public use so ymmv, but the reverse engineered API is apparently super stable and not requiring any auth. In case you have a second device where you'd like location, or ever don't have the USB GNSS receiver on you or something :) | ||||||||
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